Antoine de Rochebrune | |
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![]() Antoine de Rochebrune in 2013 | |
Born | February 18, 1964 |
Alma mater | Grenoble Institute of Technology Pontifical University of the Holy Cross |
Occupation | Prelate |
Parent(s) | Pierre de Rochebrune Monique de Béjarry |
Antoine de Rochebrune (born February 18, 1964) is a French Roman Catholic priest. He is the vicar, or representative, of Opus Dei in France since 1999.
Antoine de Rochebrune was born on February 18, 1964, in Floirac, Grenoble, France. [1] His father was Pierre de Rochebrune and his mother, Monique de Béjarry. [1]
De Rochebrune graduated from the Grenoble Institute of Technology, where he became an engineer in mechanical engineering in 1986. [1] He went on to receive a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the same institution four years later, in 1990. [1] He earned a second doctorate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in 1996. [1] His PhD thesis was called Le munus sanctificandi des évêques selon Lumen gentium 26. [2]
De Rochebrune worked as a mechanical engineer for Merlin Gérin (now Schneider Electric) from 1987 to 1990. [1]
De Rochebrune was ordained as an Opus Dei priest on September 15, 1996, in Rome. [1] He was a youth almoner in Paris from 1996 to 1999. [1] He was appointed as a chaplain on March 6, 2006. [1] He has served as the vicar, or representative, of Opus Dei in France since 1999. [3]
De Rochebrune published a book about the Opus Dei in 2016. [4] [5] [6]