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Foreign priests in France: the great essentials
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The priest Wenceslas Munyeshyaka during a service in Evreux.
(Illustrative image) © ROBERT FRANCOIS/AFP
By: Justine Rodier
They come mostly from Africa, but also from Europe, and increasingly from Asia and Latin America: foreign priests.
Commonly called "
fidei donum
priests ", there are 2,000 in France for 5,000 French priests, or a third of the workforce.
According to a 1957 text, their mission should be of short duration, but faced with an unprecedented crisis of vocations, some remained for years.
And may never leave...
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"Foreign priests in France: the great essentials", a major report by Justine Rodier in the diocese of Nice.
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