Bishop of Cayenne
Msgr. Alain Ransay was born on 11 November 1961 in Trinité, Martinique. He received priestly ordination on 27 December 1992. In 1984 he graduated in mathematics from the Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier. Between 1984 and 1986 he taught mathematics at the Trinity High School and in the Vert-Pré College of Martinique. From 1986 to 1988 he attended the Avignon Seminary and from 1988 to 1992 he was a student at the Séminaire Universitaire of the Université Catholique de Lyon where he was awarded a licentiate in theology. Since ordination he has held the following offices: parish vicar in Lamentin (1992); parish administrator in Trois- Îlets (1993-1995); preacher for the evangelization missions and spiritual retreats (since 1993); parish priest of De-Briant (1995-1997); parish priest of Saint-Marie (1997-1998); parish priest of Lamentin (1998-2000); chancellor, diocesan bursar, hospital chaplain, moderator of the parish équipe of Le Robert in Martinique (2000- 2005); chaplain of teachers of Catholic Action (since 2008); and parish priest of Saint Christophe (2008-2014) and of Marie and Saint-Anne (2014-2016). Since 2014 he has served as professor of moral theology at the IDSR Gaston Jean-Michel; from 2016 to date, parish priest of Notre Dame de Bellevue; since 2017, episcopal delegate for the pastoral care of education; since 2018, vice-president of the European Catholic Institute of the Americas, and since 2020, president of the Presbyteral Council.