Bishop Alain Jean Louis Guellec

Bishop Alain Guellec was born on 16 January 1961 in Saint-Guénolé, Finistère, in the diocese of Quimper. After obtaining a licentiate in English philosophy, he entered the seminary of Vannes in 1984 and, in 1996, was awarded a licentiate in patristic theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was ordained a priest on 17 June 1990 for the diocese of Quimper. He has held the following offices: vicar of the parishes of the pastoral sector of Landernau (1990-1994); vicar, parish priest in solidum of the parishes of the pastoral sector of Brest-Centre and chaplain of the L’Harteloire high school in Brest (1996-2001); diocesan delegate for catechesis (2001-2008); member of the Episcopal Council of Quimper (2004-2007); parish priest of the pastoral sector of Le Chenal-du-Four (2007-2008); diocesan delegate for formation (2008-2014); episcopal vicar for diocesan services (2008-2013); diocesan delegate for new beliefs and sectarian excesses (2012-2014); vicar general of Quimper and diocesan delegate for diaconal ministry (2013-2014); delegate of the apostolic administrator sede vacante and diocesan delegate for the Associations of the faithful and for migrants (2014-2015); since 2015, vicar general and moderator of the episcopal Curia of Quimper and lecturer in patrology in the interdiocesan seminary of Rennes. On 17 April 2019 he was appointed as titular bishop of Senez and auxiliary of Montpellier. He received episcopal ordination the following 7 July. He was diocesan administrator of the archdiocese of Montpellier from 11 July to 23 October 2022. Within the French Episcopal Conference, he is a member of the Doctrinal Commission.