Well liked in court, he was appointed Minister of Profit Sheets and was responsible for distributing the revenues of the various abbeys, churches and their farmland from 1757 to 1771.

During this period, 75 bishoprics and 337 abbeys are attributed, which alludes to the importance of this very coveted and lucrative position.

[2] Finding church life mundane, he frequented salons earning a good living.

Guimard, who was in need of money, had the idea - which may have been suggested to him - to open an "income bureau", offering to forward Jarente requests from clergy for salary increases, these claims with varying bribes depending on the size of the claim.

Being close with the Duke of Choiseul, he was dismissed in 1771 and retired to his Château de Meung-sur-Loire, residence of the Bishops of Orleans that he had sumptuously redecorated.