Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges (born 7 May 1944) is a retired French-Algerian Jesuit priest who served as the Archbishop of Algiers from 2016 to 2021.

After his vows as religious, and theological studies, he was ordained a priest on 14 June 1975.

Desfarges then spent nearly 30 years in Constantine, where, among other subjects, he taught psychology at the university from 1976 to 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Constantine and Hippo on 21 November 2008.

On 24 December 2016 Pope Francis named Desfarges the Archbishop of Algiers.