Catholic Bishops of France Announce Election of their New President Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline and Vice-Presidents
The bishops gathered in the Spring Plenary Assembly in Lourdes, elected Mgr Vincent Jordy, Archbishop of Tours, Vice-President of the CEF within the previous Presidency (2022-2025) , and Mgr Benoît Bertrand, Bishop of Pontoise, current President of the Doctrinal Commission of the CEF , new Vice-Presidents of the Conference of Bishops of France .
Alongside Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille, elected new President of the CEF on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, they will form, as of July 1 , the new Presidency of the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF).Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline is elected new President of the Conference of Bishops of France
The bishops of France, gathered at their spring plenary assembly in Lourdes, elected Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille, as the new President of the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF).Elected for a three-year term, renewable once, he will take up his duties on July 1, succeeding Mgr Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, Archbishop of Reims.
Biography of Bishop Jean-Marc Aveline
Born on December 26, 1958
Ordained priest on November 3, 1984
Appointed bishop on December 19, 2013
Consecrated bishop on January 26, 2014
Appointed metropolitan archbishop
on August 8, 2019 Created cardinal on August 27, 2022
Training
Interdiocesan Seminary of Avignon
Catholic Institute of Paris and University of Paris I and Paris IV, La Sorbonne
Ministries
1986 – 1991 | Professor of dogmatic theology and director of studies at the interdiocesan seminary of Marseille, member of the pastoral team of the parish of Saint-Marcel.
1987 – 2007 | Episcopal Vicar for Continuing Education and University Research, member of the pastoral team of the parish of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul.
1991 – 1996 | Head of the Diocesan Vocations Service and Diocesan Delegate for Seminarians.
1992 – 2002 | Founding Director of the Institute of Sciences and Theology of Religions (ISTR) in Marseille.
1995 – 2013 | Director of the Saint-Jean Institute, which in 1998 became the Catholic Institute of the Mediterranean (ICM), a center associated with the Catholic University of Lyon.
1997 – 2007 | Lecturer at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Lyon.
2007 | Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Marseille.
2008 – 2013 | Consultant to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue .
2013 – 2019 | Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille.
2016 – 2017 | Member of the Studies and Project Committee of the Conference of Bishops of France .
2017 – 2022 | President of the Council for Interreligious Relations and New Religious Currents.
Since 2022 | Member of the Dicastery for Bishops and the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue .
Since 2024 | Member of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops.
Source: https://eglise.catholique.fr/espace-presse/communiques-de-presse/562667-presidence-cef-2025/
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