Laurent Le Boulc'h

Laurent Le Boulc'h[1] (born 4 September 1960) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has been metropolitan archbishop of Lille since 2023.

He completed his secondary education at Saint-Joseph College and at the Catholic Lyceum in Pontivy.

[2] La Croix deemed his appointment unusual in that he had been neither vicar general of a diocese nor head of a seminary.

[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 27 October in the cathedral of Coutances from Jean-Charles Descubes, Archbishop of Rouen.

[4] Within the Bishops' Conference of France, he became head of the "Territories and Parishes" working group and a member of the council for movements and associations of the faithful.