Quite a tour

He was born in 1944 in Epinal, France. In 1963, he entered the White Fathers order and studied Philosophy. From 1966 to 1968, he was in the military. He then resumed his education, obtaining degrees in Canon Law and in Islamic studies.

He was ordained a priest in 1972 and served for nearly ten years as the Director of Centre Amana - Hommes & Migrations.

In 1982, he entered the Cistercian monastery at Lérins. He was solemnly professed in 1988 and named Prior that same year. The very next year, he became Abbot.

In 1998, he was named Bishop of Chartres.

This morning, Pope Benedict XVI named Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin, O. Cist. Archbishop of Tours, France.