Philippe Christory (born February 28, 1958 in

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), is a French Catholic prelate, and bishop of

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since his nomination on February 2, 2018.

Life

Youth

Christory was born into a practising Catholic family. He lost faith and stopped practising at the age of 16. in 1984, he discovered the charismatic renewal within a prayer group of the Emmanuel community.

Formation

He is a qualified engineer, after he graduated from the ICAM engineering school in Lille in 1980. He completed his

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as a mechanical

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in the

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, after which, he travelled around Asie from 5 months and then worked as an engineer in

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and in France. He entered the Pontifical French Seminary in Rome and attended classes at the

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and the Marianum Pontifical Institute. He holds a canonical licence in theology with a special mention in

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.Mgr Philippe Christory à la découverte du monde rural
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Priesthood

As a member of the Communauté de l'Emmanuel, he was ordained as a priest on June 27, 1992, for the archidiocese of Paris. From 1992 to 1998, he served as a

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at the Parisian parish of the Sainte-Trinité and as a youth

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for the

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. In 1998, he was appointed as parish priest at Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs, where he remained until 2004. From 2001 to 2003, he also served as

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at the Catholic seminary in Paris and was in charge of the Saint-Martin-de-Tours formation house, which hosts Parisian seminarians from the Emmanuel community. From 2004 to 2007, he was sent on mission to the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon where he was appointed as parish priest ''in solidum'' at

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and

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. He returned to Paris where he was parish priest at Saint-Laurent from 2007 to 2015 and then at the Sainte-Trinité from 2014 to 2018 when he was made a bishop. From 2002 to 2011, he was also a member of the international board of the Emmanuel community.

Bishop of Chartres

On February 2, 2018,

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named him

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, a see vacant since the nomination of bishop Michel Pansard as bishop of Évry on August 1, 2017. His episcopal ordination took place on April 15, 2018, in the cathedral of Chartres.

References

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Interview - Le nouvel évêque de Chartres se confie : « Quand on me disait que Dieu est amour, ça me paraissait abstrait »

External links

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