Leo XIV Appoints French Bishop – Who Helped Turn Away Roman Rite Catholics
On 8 April, Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Benoît Aubert, 53, as Bishop of Limoges, France.
A priest of the Archdiocese of Paris, he has served as pastor of the Dourdan–Bienheureuse-Marie-Poussepin pastoral sector in the Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes since 2022, as well as serving as chaplain at Notre-Dame de l’Ouÿe, a retreat centre belonging to the Archdiocese of Paris.
He succeeds Bishop Pierre-Antoine Bozo, who was appointed coadjutor bishop of La Rochelle on 19 August 2025.
Listening, accompaniment and closeness
As episcopal vicar for young adults in Paris, Monsignor Aubert described his role as receiving what young people entrust to him, including "the most intimate, even the most disturbing" experiences, and becoming a kind of "receptacle of hearts".
On OeuvreDesVocations.fr, he highlights the "synodal method" of "conversation in the Spirit" in his pastoral approach.
Loyal Member of the Apparatus
Accordign to Riposte-Catholique.fr, he lost his tenderness when Catholics of …More
"sadly". Monsignor Novak was a staunch liberal with lots of "options for the poor".
…and someone was actually expecting him to react differently when confronted with a situation of homosexual priest abusing a young boy????
Leo XIV appoints all the wrong guys to bishops - and then gives us sweet words to distract us.