ARCHBISHOP THIBAULT VERNY
FRANCE
Archibishop of Chambéry, bishop of Maurienne and Tarentaise
After obtaining a university degree in engineering and physics, he entered the Parisian diocesan seminary before pursuing his licentiate in theology in Rome as a student at the Pontifical French Seminary and the Pontifical Gregorian University.
Ordained a priest on 27 June 1998 for the Archdiocese of Paris, in 2016 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop, with particular responsibility for the protection of minors and safeguarding.
In this mission, he was involved in negotiating, implementing and monitoring the agreement between the Archdiocese of Paris and the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office to facilitate reporting of allegations of abuse to the civil courts.
Since 2022, Mgr Verny has chaired the Council for Preventing and Combating Child Abuse of the French Bishops’ Conference, initiating various training and prevention programmes.
In 2022, Pope Francis appointed him a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
In 2023 Mgr Thibault Verny was appointed Archibishop of Chambéry, bishop of Maurienne and Tarentaise
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