Liberia: Pop Francis Accepts Resignation of Archbishop Zeigler

Pop Benedict Francis has accepted the resignation of the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Monrovia, Lewis J. Zeigler, the Vatican reports. According to report, Archbishop Zeigler retired on Monday, June 7, 2021 at age 77, having succeeded late Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis, who died in office. Archbishop Lewis Jerome Zeigler was born on January 4, 1944 in Harrisburg, Montserrado County, Liberia and was ordained in 1974 as a Priest before his subsequent appointment as Bishop of the Diocese of Gbarnga, Bong County.

He was later named Coadjutor Archbishop of Monrovia in 2009 and subsequently took over the diocese in 2011 after the death of Archbishop Michael Francis In June 2018 he made his first "ad liminaapostolorum" visit to Pope Francis in Rome.

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