Antoine de Rochebrune
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. Since 2020, he is the vicar of Opus Dei in Canada. Early life. Antoine de Rochebrune was born on February 18, 1964 in Floirac, Grenoble, France. His father was Pierre de Rochebrune and his mother, Monique de Béjarry. De Rochebrune graduated from the Grenoble Institute of Technology, where he became an engineer in mechanical engineering in 1986. He went on to receive a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the same institution  four years later, in 1990. He earned a second doctorate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in 1996. His PhD thesis was called "Le munus sanctificandi des évêques selon Lumen gentium 26". Career. De Rochebrune worked as a mechanical engineer for Merlin Gérin (now Schneider Electric) from 1987 to 1990. De Rochebrune was ordained as an Opus Dei priest on September 15, 1996 in Rome. He was a youth almoner in Paris from 1996 to 1999. He was appointed as a chaplain on March 6, 2006. He has served as the vicar, or representative, of  Opus Dei in France since 1999. De Rochebrune published a book about the Opus Dei in 2016. He is the vicar of Opus Dei in Canada since 2020.