 He received his episcopal consecration on the following 30 April from Cardinal Pierre Eyt, with Bishop Jean Orchampt and Archbishop François Saint-Macary serving as co-consecrators.He was elected to a four-year term as president of the Doctrinal Commission of the French Episcopal Conference in 2002.On 10 November 2007, Pope Benedict XVI named him Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education in the Roman Curia and bestowed upon him the personal title of archbishop.