Robert Poinard (; 19 October 1948 – 8 September 2026) was a French priest, journalist and chaplain.
Poinard served 12 years as a journalist for Le Dauphiné libéré and La Croix before his ordination into the priesthood on 18 September 1977. He then worked as a chaplain for several military schools before he was named Vicar General of the Diocese of the French Armed Forces in 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. He was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 2014. In 2016, he published annotated notebooks of a World War I soldier. That year, he was appointed by the Bishops' Conference of France as the Director of the Aumônerie générale des Français de l'étranger. In 2019, he was named a lecturer at the Studium de droit canonique de Lyon. From 2022 to 2025, he was chancellor of the Archdiocese of Lyon.
Poinard died on 8 September 2026, at the age of 77.
Publications Tournus. Abbaye Saint-Philibert (1978) L'aumônier militaire d'Ancien Régime : La vie du prêtre aux armées des guerres de religion à la Première République (1568-1795) (2012) Carnets de guerre de l'abbé Léon Cabaret (1914-1918) (2016)
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