Pascal Wintzer


Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer
Archbishop of Sens
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseSens
Appointed6 August 2024
PredecessorHervé Giraud
Orders
Ordination27 June 1987
by Joseph Duval
Consecration19 May 2007
by Albert Rouet
Personal details
Born (1959-12-18) 18 December 1959 (age 64)
NationalityFrench
DenominationCatholic
Coat of armsPascal Jean Marcel Wintzer's coat of arms

Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer (born 18 December 1959) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has been named archbishop of Sens. He was the archbishop of Poitiers from 2012 to 2024, after serving as apostolic administrator there for a year and as an auxiliary bishop from 2007 to 2011.

He was, at the time he took each rank, the youngest bishop and the youngest archbishop in France.[1]

  1. ^ "Monseigneur Pascal Wintzer: l'Archevêque de Poitiers qui veut réformer le clergé face aux crimes pédophiles" (in French). Radio France. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.