Éric de Moulins-Beaufort was born on 30 January 1962 in Landau in der Pfalz, Germany.

He entered the seminary, attended the Institut d’Etudes Théologiques in Brussels, then continued his studies in Rome, obtaining a licentiate in theology.

[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 5 September from André Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris.

[3] On 18 August 2018, Pope Francis named him Archbishop of Reims,[4] and he was installed there on 28 October.

When criticized for welcoming the growth of Islam in France, he wrote: "I would like Catholic men worried about the presence of Islam in our country to be as devoted to Mass or Eucharistic adoration as the men I saw at the mosque on a Thursday evening at the time of the prayer.