Bishop of Digne (-Riez-Sisteron)
Bishop Emmanuel Gobilliard was born on 18 February 1968 in Saumur, in the diocese of Angers. In 1989 he entered the seminary of Le Puy-en-Velay, and in 1993 he continued his studies at the Pontifical French Seminary and, subsequently, at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. In 1997 he was awarded a degree in moral theology from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute in Rome. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1997 for the diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay. He has held the following offices: diocesan head of student chaplaincy, coordinator of youth pastoral care, chaplain of various high schools and colleges (1997-2006); since 2006, rector of the Cathedral of Le Puy-en-Velay; delegate for the formation of ministers, member of the episcopal council; during his missionary service in Madagascar (2011-2012), teacher in the interdiocesan seminary of Fianaransoa and animator of the Tanjomoha Youth Centre; since 2015, accompanier of young priests of the ecclesiastical province of Clermont. On 16 June 2016 he was appointed as titular bishop of Carpentras and auxiliary of Lyon. He received episcopal ordination the following 11 September. He is vicar general of Lyon. Within the French Episcopal Council, he is a member of the Council for Communication. In addition, he is chair of the guidance council of Radios chrétiennes francophones (RCF).