Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix)
Msgr. Benoît Gschwind, A.A., was born on 30 September 1963 in Bâle, Switzerland. He was awarded a bachelor’s degree and licentiate in theology from the Faculty of Theology of the Université de Strasbourg, and subsequently a licentiate in theology from the Institut Supérieur de Pastoral Catéchetique of the Institut Catholique de Paris. He gave his first religious vows as part of the Augustinians of the Assumption on 7 September 1985, and was ordained a priest on 9 February 1991. He has held the following roles: accompanier of the diocesan Chaplaincy of the public schools of the diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes (1991-1997); member of the team of priests of the pastoral sector of the new city of Évry (1991-1998); collaborator of the Episcopal Catechetic Association for the “Adolescence” service (1998-2000) and of the Regional Student Chaplaincy of Paris (1997-2001); collaborator (1999-2000) and later chief editor of the liturgical supplement Prions en Église, as well as editor of the liturgical journals of the Bayard-Presse (2000-2011); national chaplain of the Scouts de France (2002-2004); national chaplain of the Scouts et Guides de France (2004-2008); adjunct general chaplain of the Scouts et Guides de France (2008-2011); provincial superior for France of the Augustinians of the Assumption (2011-2014); provincial superior for Europe of the Augustinians of the Assumption (2014-2017); since 2017, parish priest of the parish of Saint-Augustin de l’Aqueduc in Montpellier, member of the Communication Service of the diocese of Montpellier, member of the Presbyteral Council, and teacher in the Guilhem de Gellone University Centre.