François-Xavier Bustillo

François-Xavier Bustillo O.F.M. Conv. is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Bishop of Ajaccio since 2021. He is a member of the Conventual Franciscans.

The Bishop

François-Xavier Bustillo

O.F.M.Conv.
Bustillo in 2021
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseAjaccio
Appointed11 May 2021
Installed13 June 2021
Orders
Ordination10 September 1994
Consecration13 June 2021
by Jean-Marc Aveline
Personal details
Born
François-Xavier Bustillo

(1968-11-23) 23 November 1968
Pamplona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Alma materCatholic University of Toulouse
MottoIn ipso vita erat
Coat of arms

Biography

François-Xavier Bustillo was born in Pamplona in Navarre, Spain, and was ordained a Franciscan priest in 1994.

After his studies at the Istituto Teologico di Sant'Antonio, he obtained his doctorate at the Catholic University of Toulouse.

In 1994 he was one of the founders of the Saint Bonaventure's Convent in Narbonne. From 2006 to 2018 he held the position of Provincial Custos of the Conventual Franciscans for France and Belgium, and from 2005 to 2018 carried out his ministry in the diocese of Carcassonne-Narbonne.

In 2018 he was appointed guardian of the convent of Saint-Maximilien-Kolbe in Lourdes, France.

On 11 May 2021, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Ajaccio.[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 13 June in the cathedral in Ajaccio from Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseilles.[2]

In February 2022, after Paris-Match reported that Bustillo was one of the leading candidates for the position of Archbishop of Paris, he said he had not been contacted and that it was not Church practice to move a bishop so soon. It said it would be "unfair": "Paris needs a man of experience. What I really want is to be here, with you and for you."[3]

In April 2022, Pope Francis gave an Italian-language version of Bustillo's book Witnesses, Not Officials to each of the priests attending the Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Holy Thursday.[4][5]

Publications
  • La fraternità pasquale. Raccontare la vita comunitaria, in Memoria e profezia, EMP, 2013, ISBN 978-8825033953
  • La vocation du prêtre face aux crises: La fidélité créatrice, Bruyères-le-Châtel, Éditions Nouvelle Cité, 2021, ISBN 978-2-37582-242-5

References
  1. "Rinunce e nomine, 11.05.2021" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. "Monseigneur François-Xavier Bustillo a été ordonné évêque du diocèse d'Ajaccio pour la Corse". Corse Net Infos (in French). 13 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. Padovani, Ghjilormu (25 February 2022). "Archevêque de Paris : le nom de Mgr Bustillo circule au Vatican?". Corse Matin (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. "Pope Francis gives a book to priests present at Chrism Mass". Vatican News. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. Bustillo, François-Xavier (2022). Testimoni, non funzionari. Il sacerdote dentro il cambiamento d'epoca (in Italian). Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
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