Archbishop Antoine Hérouard appointed Archbishop of Dijon!

This Friday, February 11, Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Antoine Hérouard of Dijon. Until now auxiliary bishop of Lille, he succeeds Bishop Roland Minnerath who presented his resignation to the Holy Father for reasons of age.The Burgundian Metropolitan Archdiocese welcomes a new archbishop. Bishop Antoine Hérouard was born on August 10, 1956 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Nanterre. He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1985 for the Archdiocese of Paris. 

Holder of a canonical license in moral theology obtained at the Pontifical Gregorian University, he returned to the Eternal City from 2014 to 2017, as rector of the French seminary. 

On February 22, 2017, he was appointed by Pope Francis Auxiliary Bishop of Lille and titular Bishop of Maillezais. On May 31, 2019, he also became the pontifical delegate ad nutum Sanctæ Sedis for the sanctuary of Lourdes.

Within the Conference of Bishops of France, of which he was secretary general from 2007 to 2014, Mgr Hérouard is a member of the Family and Society Council and of the Council for the prevention and fight against pedophilia. He represents the French bishops within the Commission of the Episcopates of the European Community (COMECE), where he is president of the social affairs commission.

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