Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer (born 18 December 1959) is a French prelate of the

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who serves as the archbishop of Poitiers since 2012. He was previously the apostolic administrator of the same diocese from 2011 to 2012, where he also served as an auxiliary bishop from 2007 until 2011, holding the title of the titular bishop of

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during the same period. Wintzer was ordained a priest on 27 June 1987 in

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. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of

Poitiers Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...

and the titular bishop of

on 2 April 2007. His episcopal consecration took place on 19 May 2007, and was consecrated by then archbishop of Poitiers

Albert Rouet Albert Jean-Marie Rouet (born 28 January 1936) was the Bishop of Poitiers since 1994 and archbishop of the same episcopal see since 2002. According to the Vatican Information Service (VIS), he resigned for reasons of age on Saturday, February 12, 2 ...

. The co-consecrators were the archbishop of

Jean-Charles Descubes and Archbishop Emeritus

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of Rouen. After the Descubes' retirement on 12 February 2011, Wintzer was appointed the apostolic administrator of Poitiers the same day. He was appointed the archbishop of Poitiers on 13 January 2012. In March 2019, he became the first from the French Catholic hierarchy to publicly support the idea of ordaining married men. Wintzer explained that ordaining married men would help the clergy to bring them back to "ordinary humanity", and saw it as a helpful tool in combating sexual abuse that exists among the parts of the Catholic clergy.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wintzer, Pascal 1959 births Living people Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI Bishops of Poitiers 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France