Posted on 07/12/2025 12:00:53 PM PDT by ebb tide
Pope Leo XIV appointed Rev Michel Guillaud on July 11 as Bishop of Constantine–Hippone, Algeria. It is the historic diocese of St Augustine (354-430).
Born in 1961 and ordained as a priest in the Diocese of Lyon in 1990, he dedicated his ministry to Arabic and Islamic studies.
He arrived in Algeria in 2006 and was assigned to the Diocese of Constantine.
Since 2015, he has served as Secretary of the Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa (CERNA).
In this role, he co-worked a notable statement aimed at challenging the narrative that Africa as a whole is against "blessings" of homosexual concubines. The CERNA statement contradicted a letter from the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), of which CERNA is a member.
Monsignor Guillaud admitted talking to LaCroix.com in October 2024 that in North African societies, homosexual "unions" are inconceivable: "The positive reception of Fiducia Supplicans is therefore more theoretical than practical," he said.
He also complained that SECAM published their negative response before CERNA had had the opportunity to respond positively.
Another disappointing choice by Pope Leo to name a new bishop.
Ping
Personnel is policy.
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