Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer was born on 18 December 1959 and is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has been named archbishop of Sens.
11 Facts About Pascal Wintzer
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Pascal Wintzer was the archbishop of Poitiers from 2012 to 2024, after serving as apostolic administrator there for a year and as an auxiliary bishop from 2007 to 2011.
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Pascal Wintzer was, at the time he took each rank, the youngest bishop and the youngest archbishop in France.
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Pascal Wintzer earned his licentiate in theology from the Faculty of Theology of the Institut Catholique de Paris.
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Pascal Wintzer was ordained a priest in Rouen on 27 June 1987 by Archbishop Joseph Duval.
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Pascal Wintzer was then vicar general of Rouen and archdeacon of the Rouen Nord area ; episcopal vicar for Rouen and Elbeuf, and parish priest of Rouen Cathedral.
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Pascal Wintzer was responsible for the diocesan Vocations Service from 1996 to 2005.
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Pascal Wintzer has been a member of the Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Rouen since 2004.
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Pascal Wintzer received his episcopal consecration on 19 May 2007 from Albert Rouet, Archbishop of Poitiers.
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When Descubes retired on 12 February 2011, Wintzer was appointed the apostolic administrator of Poitiers.
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Pascal Wintzer was appointed the archbishop of Poitiers on 13 January 2012.