Armand Maillard

Armand Maillard (born 18 June 1943, Offroicourt) is a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Bourges.

[1][2][3] He was appointed to that position by Pope Benedict XVI on 11 September 2007, succeeding Archbishop Hubert Barbier.

He was assigned responsibility in 1976 throughout the diocese for catechesis, and was named head of the permanent diaconate.

He was named Bishop of Laval by Pope John Paul II on 2 August 1996, and consecrated by the Archbishop of Aix, Louis-Marie Billé, on 5 October.

In this role he helped the Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb obtain the definitive recognition of their statutes in 2011.