Armand Le Bourgeois
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Armand Le Bourgeois was bishop of Autun in central France
from 1966 until his retirement in 1987. The last bishop of Autun to wear the pallium
, he was prominent in ecumenical relations. He chaired an episcopal committee that decided to offer communion
in Catholic churches to Anglicans
who found themselves out of reach of their own church in France.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
from 1966 until his retirement in 1987. The last bishop of Autun to wear the pallium
Pallium
The pallium is an ecclesiastical vestment in the Roman Catholic Church, originally peculiar to the Pope, but for many centuries bestowed by him on metropolitans and primates as a symbol of the jurisdiction delegated to them by the Holy See. In that context it has always remained unambiguously...
, he was prominent in ecumenical relations. He chaired an episcopal committee that decided to offer communion
Eucharist
The Eucharist , also called Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Altar, the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord's Supper, and other names, is a Christian sacrament or ordinance...
in Catholic churches to Anglicans
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English...
who found themselves out of reach of their own church in France.