VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has announced that Colonel Daniel Anrig, the commandant of the Swiss Guards, will resign at the end of January 2015, according to a Catholic World News report on catholicculture.org.
Colonel Anrig, who took over the leadership of the Swiss Guard in 2008, had served out a normal five-year term, which was extended by Pope Francis in 2013. But the Pope has now chosen to replace him.
The Vatican did not indicate the reason for the change, although there were reports that Colonel Anrig’s strict disciplinary standards did not match the Pope’s more informal style. A replacement has not yet been named.
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