Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès)
Bishop Nicolas Brouwet was born on 31 August 1962 in Suresnes, in the diocese of Nanterre. After his studies at the State University, where he obtained a diploma in history (1984), he entered the Pontifical French Seminary in Rome. He attended courses in philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, concluding with a bachelor’s degree in theology. He then enrolled at the John Paul II Institute, where he obtained his licentiate. In 1986-88, he carried out his civil service in Jerusalem, teaching French. He was ordained a priest on 27 June 1992 for the diocese of Nanterre, where he held the following offices: deputy parish priest of Bourg-la-Reine and Sceaux, and Chaplain of the State High School in Saint-Gilles in Bourg-la-Reine, as well as the University Centre in Sceaux (1993-1999); parish priest of Saint-Romain and Notre-Dame-des-Bruyères and dean of Sèvres (1999-2006); dean of Chaville-Sèvres-Ville-d'Avray (2001-2006); diocesan delegate for the formation of seminarians in Nanterre (2003-2008); parish priest of Saint-Pierre and Saint Jacques in Neuilly-sur-Seine and teacher of morality and spiritual director at the Maison Madeleine Delbrel pre-seminary (2006-2008). He is a member of the Institut Saint-Jean (Johannesgemeinschaft) founded by Cardinal Hans Urs von Balthasar. He was elected titular bishop of Simiddica and appointed as auxiliary bishop of Nanterre on 11 April 2008, and received episcopal consecration on 29 June 2008. He was transferred to the see of Tarbes et Lourdes on 11 February 2012. Within the Conference of Bishops of France, he is a member of the Council for Movements and Associations of the Faithful.