Photo : Bishop Marian Eleganti at World Youth Day celebration, Berlin-Sch\u00f6neberg, St. Matthias, cropped | By Liebermary – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> On 15 February, Pope Francis appointed a new bishop for Chur in Switzerland, and simultaneously accepted the resignation of auxiliary bishop Marian Eleganti, former abbot of St. Otmarsberg in Uznach.<\/p>\n The diocese of Chur announced: \u00abPope Francis has accepted the request for the retirement of Auxiliary Bishop Marian Eleganti, dated 4 December 2019 (‘nunc pro tunc’, or, ‘now for then’)\u00bb. It went into effect 15 February. Auxiliary Bishop Marian Eleganti had asked Pope Francis for his retirement.<\/p>\n The diocese thanks the auxiliary bishop for his many years of valued and valuable service. Auxiliary Bishop Marian has been called upon for years as a bishop and pastor as well as a speaker and retreat master in Switzerland and beyond. This will continue in the years to come.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>