Charles-Amarin Brand (27 June 1920 – 31 March 2013) was a French

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of the

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Biography

Brand was born in Mulhouse, France, and was ordained a priest on 11 July 1943 from the

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. He was appointed auxiliary archbishop of the

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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.France 3 Alsace
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Diocese of Frejus-Toulon

Archdiocese of Strasbourg
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brand, Charles Amarin 1920 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in France Auxiliary bishops of Strasbourg Archbishops of Monaco 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France Archbishops of Strasbourg