Bishop of Châlons
Msgr. Franck Javary was born on 31 January 1967 in Boulogne-Billancourt, in the department of Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France. He graduated in engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and, after entering the Séminaire des Carmes in Paris for his studies in philosophy and theology, in 2000 he was awarded a licentiate in biblical theology from the Institut Catholique de Paris. He has held the following offices: lecturer in sacred scripture at the Saint-Sulpice Seminary in Issy-les-Moulineaux, vicar of Immaculée-Conception in Boulogne-Billancourt and head of youth pastoral care, parish priest of Saint-Bruno, Saint-Etienne and Sainte-Lucie in Issy-les-Moulineaux, parish priest of Sainte-Geneviève Cathedral in Nanterre and member of the College of Consultors, member of the Council for Economic Affairs of Nanterre, parish priest of Bagneux, and member of the episcopal council of Nanterre.