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Charles Amarin Brand

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Charles Amarin Brand
Archbishop of Strasbourg
Mgr Charles-Amarin Brand
Charles-Amarin Brand in 1988
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeArchdiocese of Strasbourg
In office1984 - 1997
PredecessorLéon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger
SuccessorJoseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré
Orders
Ordination11 July 1943
Consecration13 February 1972
Personal details
Born(1920-06-27)27 June 1920
Died31 March 2013(2013-03-31) (aged 92)
Toulouse, France

Charles-Amarin Brand (27 June 1920 – 31 March 2013) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Biography

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Brand was born in Mulhouse, France, and was ordained a priest on 11 July 1943 from the Archdiocese of Strasbourg. He was appointed auxiliary archbishop of the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon on 28 December 1971, as well as titular bishop of Uthina, and was ordained bishop on 13 February 1972. Brand was then appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Strasbourg on 18 November 1976. Brand was archbishop of the Archdiocese of Monaco from 30 July 1981 to 16 July 1984, when he was appointed Archbishop of Archdiocese of Strasbourg. He served at Strasbourg until his retirement on 23 October 1997. He died in 2013.[1]

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded byas Bishop of Monaco Archbishop of Monaco
1981–1984
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Strasbourg
1984–1997
Succeeded by
Joseph Doré