Jean-Claude Boulanger

Jean-Claude Ézechiel Jean-Baptiste Boulanger (born 1 March 1945) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Bayeux from 2010 to 2020. He was previously Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Séez from 2001 to 2010.

Biography Jean-Claude Boulanger was born in 1945 in Journy (Pas-de-Calais). He studied at the diocesan seminary of Arras and Lille. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Arras on 25 June 1972. He earned a doctorate in theology at the Institute Catholique in Paris in 1976. From 1972 to 1979 he worked in Arras as Vicar in the pastoral sector of St. Pol-sur-Ternoise and chaplain for the students and young people of the region. From 1979 to 1987 he was chaplain of the rural colleges of the Boulogne-Calais coast. In 1987 he became head of the Les Tourelles reception house in Condette. Within his diocese he was a member of the Presbyteral Council, Diocesan Delegate for Formation and Communication, and Chaplain of the Mouvement des Cadres, Techniciens, Ingénieurs et Dirigeants Chrétiens. He received his episcopal consecration on 2 December 2001.

He succeeded as Bishop of Sées on 25 April 2002, when Pope John Paul accepted the resignation of his predecessor, Yves-Marie Dubigeon.

On 12 March 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Bayeux.

Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 27 June 2020.