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    Léon-Arthur Elchinger (2 July 1908, in Soufflenheim – 30 June 1998, in Strasbourg) was the Bishop of Strasbourg from 1967 to 1984. Ph.D in Theology and...
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  • critic Leon Edney (born 1935), American admiral Leon Edwards (born 1991), UFC Fighter Léon Arthur Elchinger (1908–1998), French Catholic archbishop León Febres...
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    Speich was ordained to the priesthood on 9 October 1982, by Bishop Léon Arthur Elchinger.[citation needed] From 1982 to 1984, he served as assistant pastor...
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    1919 - August 29, 1945) Jean Julien Weber (1945 - January 1, 1967) Léon Arthur Elchinger (1967 - July 16, 1984) Charles Amarin Brand (1984 – October 23,...
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  • communist and leader in the French Resistance (died 2002) 2 July – Léon Arthur Elchinger, Bishop of Strasbourg (died 1998) 5 July – Henri, comte de Paris...
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  • Louis Hostin, weightlifter and Olympic champion (b. 1908) 30 June – Léon Arthur Elchinger, Bishop of Strasbourg (b. 1908) June – Jean Emile Charon, nuclear...
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    Archdiocese of Strasbourg In office 1984 - 1997 Predecessor Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger Successor Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré Orders Ordination 11...
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    Franz König of Vienna and Achille Liénart of Lille (supported by Bishops Elchinger and Méndez Arceo) took to the podium and spoke clearly against the "watered...
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    Archbishop ad personam (1962.03.25 – resigned 1966.12.30), died 1981 Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger (30 December 1966 - retired 16 July 1984), succeeded as former...
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