Hubert Coppenrath Cleric
Archbishop Hubert Coppenrath (born 18 October 1930, in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia) is the emeritus Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete.Coppenrath was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest on 27 June 1957, in Tahiti. He was formally ordained as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete on 4 June 1999 after appointment by John Paul II'>Pope John Paul II. He succeeded his own brother, Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath, as Archbishop. The appointment of Coppenrath, a brother of the previous Archbishop, is a rare occurrence within the Catholic Church.On 31 March 2011 Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Coppenrath from the pastoral care of the archdiocese having reached the age limit.
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| From | 1999 |
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| To | 2011 |