Father Christophe Le Sourt, who was previously the National Delegate for Relations with Judaism within the Bishops' Conference of France (CEF), has been appointed as the General Secretary of the CEF by the bishops meeting at the Spring Plenary Assembly in Lourdes. Starting from July 1st, he will succeed Monsignor Hugues de Woillemont, who has been named General Director of L'Œuvre d'Orient.\n\n### Biography of Father Christophe Le Sourt\n- Born: May 10, 1959, Dugny\n- Ordained Priest for the Diocese of Le Mans on June 26, 1988\n\n### Education\n- Journalism (Print Press)\n- Seminaries Angers and then Nantes\n- IFEC (Institute for the Training of Clergy Educators)\n\n### Training\n1988\n- June 26: Ordination.\n- Chaplain of the High Schools in Downtown Le Mans and vicar at the Saint Julien Cathedral\n\n1992\n- Head of the Vocational Service. (IFEC at the time)\n\n1993\n- Parish priest responsible for the Student Parish of Notre Dame du Pré and Chaplain of the students. (For eleven years from 1993 to 2004)\n- Accompanying priest of the Youth Ministry. (Until 1998)\n\n2001\n- Parish priest of Notre Dame du Pré and Saint Lazare parish, dean of the Right Bank Parishes of Le Mans.\n\n2003\n- Member of the Episcopal Council. (For 16 years until September 2019)\n\n2004\n- Parish priest of Le Mans Cathedral and Head of the Information and Communication Service.\n\n2009\n- Episcopal vicar in charge of Formation and the announcement of the Faith.\n\n2010\n- Parish priest of the City Center parishes of Le Mans (Notre Dame de la Couture in addition to the Cathedral and Saint Benoît parish)\n\n2012\n- Episcopal delegate for relations with Judaism and Coordinator of the "Mission Festival" (The "Essentiel’Mans" Conferences)\n\n2020: Director of the National Service for Relations with Judaism and administrator of the Changé Parish.