Conférence des Evêques de France

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: Bishops’ Conference of France (English)

Countries: France , Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Address: 58 avenue de Breteuil, 75007 Paris, France

Phone: 1.72.36.68.00; 1.72.36.69.00

Websites:

History

1966: Established as Conférence des Evêques de France (français) / Bishops’ Conference of France (English)

Tweets

Present Officials

President (2025.04.02 [2025.07.01] – ...):	Cardinal Jean-Marc Noël Aveline (67) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France)
Vice-President (2022.04.07 [2022.07.01] – ...):	Archbishop Vincent Jordy (65) Metropolitan Archbishop of Tours (France)
Vice-President (2025.04.02 – ...):	Bishop Benoît Bertrand (65) Bishop of Pontoise (France)
General Secretary (2025.07.01 – ...):	Fr. Christophe Le Sourt (66) Priest of Le Mans (France)

Past Officials

President: Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort (64) (2019.04.03 – 2025.04.02)
President: Archbishop Georges Paul Pontier (82) (2013.07.01 – 2019.04.03)
President: Cardinal André Armand Vingt-Trois (2007.11.05 – 2013.06.30)
President: Cardinal Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard (81) (2001 – 2007.11.05)
President: Cardinal Louis-Marie Billé (1996.11.05 – 2001.11.06)
President: Archbishop Joseph Marie Louis Duval (1990 – 1996)
President: Cardinal Albert Decourtray (1987 – 1990)
President: Bishop Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet (1981 – 1987)
President: Cardinal Roger Etchegaray (1975 – 1981)
President: Cardinal François Marty (1969 – 1975)
President: Cardinal Maurice Feltin (1966 – 1969)
Vice-President: Bishop Dominique Blanchet (60) (2019.04.03 – 2025.04.02)
Vice-President: Bishop Olivier Leborgne (62) (2019.04.03 – 2022.07.01)
Vice-President: Bishop Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy (69) (later Archbishop) (2013.07.01 – 2019.04.03)
Vice-President: Archbishop Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré (78) (2013.07.01 – 2019.04.03)
Vice-President: Archbishop Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich (74) (2007.11.05 – 2013.06.30)
Vice-President: Archbishop Hippolyte Louis Jean Simon (2007.11.05 – 2013.06.30)
Vice-President: Bishop Jean-Louis-Henri-Maurice Papin (78) (2004 – 2007)
Vice-President: Bishop Georges Paul Pontier (82) (later Archbishop) (2001 – 2004)
Vice-President: Bishop Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard (81) (later Cardinal) (1999 – 2001)
Vice-President: Bishop Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David (1996 – 1999)
Vice-President: Bishop Émile Marcus, P.S.S. (95) (later Archbishop) (1990 – 1996)
Vice-President: Archbishop Joseph Marie Louis Duval (1987 – 1990)
Vice-President: Cardinal Albert Decourtray (1981 – 1987)
Vice-President: Bishop Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet (1978 – 1981)
Vice-President: Bishop Gabriel-Marie-Joseph Matagrin (1975 – 1978)
Vice-President: Bishop Michel-Louis Vial (1969 – 1975)
Vice-President: Archbishop François Marty (later Cardinal) (1966 – 1969)
Vice-President: Archbishop Gabriel-Marie Garrone (later Cardinal) (1964 – 1966)
General Secretary: Fr. Hugues de Woillemont (2020.09.01 – 2025.07.01)
General Secretary: Fr. Thierry Magnin (2019.07.01 – 2020.09.01)
General Secretary: Msgr. Olivier Ribadeau Dumas (2013.07.01 – 2019.07.01)
General Secretary: Msgr. Antoine Hérouard (69) (later Archbishop) (2007 – 2013)
General Secretary: Fr. Stanislas Lalanne (77) (later Bishop) (2001 – 2007.04.04)
General Secretary: Msgr. Bernard Lagoutte (1992 – 2001)
General Secretary: Bishop Roger Etchegaray (later Cardinal) (1966 – 1970)
General Secretary: Bishop Jean-Marie Villot (later Cardinal) (1950 – 1959.12.17)

Last updated on 2026.04.11