He was elected diocesan administrator when Saint-Gaudens retired in 1996 and in 1997 was named vicar general again Jean-Charles Descubes.

[1] On 13 July 2000, Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Albi.

[1] He received his episcopal consecration from Pope John Paul on 8 October 2000.

[2] On 14 May 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named him Coadjutor Archbishop of Montpellier.

[4] On 22 October 2011, he was appointed the Secretary of the Special Assembly of the 2012 Synod of Bishops on the new evangelisation.