Resignation and appointment of bishop of Luçon, France

The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Luçon, France, presented by Bishop François Jacolin, M.D.P.

The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Renauld de Dinechin, hitherto of Soissons, as bishop of Luçon, France.

Curriculum vitae

Bishop Renauld de Dinechin was born in Lille on 25 March 1958. After obtaining the Brevet de Technicien Supérieur, he entered the Paris Seminary and attended ecclesiastical and theological courses in Brussels, Belgium, at the Institut d’Études Théologiques.

He was ordained a priest on 25 June 1988 for the metropolitan archdiocese of Paris.

After ordination, he held the roles of parish vicar of Immaculée Conception (1988-1995), chaplain of the Paul Valéry Public Lyceum (1988-1995) and of the Saint-Michel de Picpus Catholic school institute (1989-1995) in Paris, and assistant director of the second cycle of the Aumônerie de l’Enseignement Public (1992-1995). He studied at the Notre-Dame de Vie Institute, continuing his formation in Vénasque (1995-1996), and went on to serve as diocesan delegate for priestly and religious vocations (1996-2002), director of the Ile de France Centre for Vocations, delegate of the Mission Étudiante, chaplain of La Sorbonne University, and official at Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris (1996-2003). He served at the Cathedral of Pontoise (2003-2004), as parish priest of Bienheureux Frédéric Ozanam in Cergy, diocese of Pontoise, and was dean of Cergy (2006-2008) for the Fraternité Missionnaire des Prêtres pour la Ville.

He was elected titular bishop of Macriana Minor and auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Paris on 21 May 2008, receiving episcopal ordination the following 5 September.

On 30 October 2015 he was transferred to the diocese of Soissons, taking possession of the see on 20 December 2015.