Herve Gaschignard, 57, bishop of the diocese of Dax, tendered his resignation at the suggestion of the Vatican's envoy to France, Archbishop Luigi Ventura, the church said in a statement.
A separate statement from the Dax diocese said the resignation was over the bishop's behaviour with young people.
Pope Francis accepted Gaschignard's resignation, the church statement said.
A spokesman for the diocese, Paul Perromat, said the resignation followed “possibly inappropriate comments and behaviour” by the bishop but that “it is in no case a question of sexual aggression or acts.”
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