Pope Francis named this Friday, May 19, 2023, Father Jean Michaël Durhône, currently pastor of the parishes of Our Lady of Refuge (New Grove) and Holy Family (Rose-Belle), bishop of Port-Louis.
The new bishop of the Diocese of Port-Louis met with the clergy yesterday afternoon. Father Jean-Michaël Durhône succeeds Cardinal Maurice Piat to become the 12th bishop of Port-Louis, he met the press alongside his predecessor. “I’m going to learn how to be a bishop,” he said. Father Durhône thanked Cardinal Piat for his 32 years of episcopal service.
Father Durhône succeeds Cardinal Maurice E. Piat and thus becomes the 12th bishop of Port-Louis and the 3rd Mauritian priest to succeed the apostles on Mauritian soil.
