Yves Le Saux

Yves Le Saux was born on 24 December 1960 in Hennebont in Brittany.

After completing his classical studies, he attended the Institut Catholique de Paris for a year and then entered the Seminary of Autun as a member of the Emmanuel Community.

He was chaplain at the shrines of Paray-le-Monial and superior of the chaplains from 1992 to 1997; participated in creating the Ecole Internationale de Formation à l'Evangélisation (EIFE) of Paray-le-Monial between 1986 and 1992; Autun's episcopal delegate for the Pastoral Care of the Family from 1995 to 1997; and led the preparatory year for the Emmanuel Community at the Maison Saint-Joseph in Namur, Belgium, from 1997 to 2002.

[3] On 21 November 2008, Pope Benedict XVI named him Bishop of Le Mans.

[4] Within the Conference of French Bishops, Le Saux is president of the editorial committee of KTO-Television, a member of the episcopal commission for consecrated life, and a permanent guest of its council for communication.