Nicolas Lhernould

Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould (born 23 March 1975) is a French-born prelate of the Catholic Church who has been archbishop of Tunis since 2024. He was Bishop of Constantine in Algeria from 2020 to 2024. He has worked in Tunisia since 2005.

Biography Nicolas Lhernould was born on 23 March 1975 in Courbevoie, on the outskirts of Paris.

Pope Francis appointed him bishop of Constantine on 9 December 2019. At the time he was the youngest French bishop. His episcopal consecration in the Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul in Tunis by Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, Archbishop of Rabat, on 8 February 2020 was the first in Tunisia since 1962. He was installed as bishop in the Basilica of St. Augustine in Annaba on 29 February.

Pope Francis named him archbishop of Tunis on 4 April 2024. Lhernould was installed in the Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Olive of Tunis there on 8 June.

He was elected to a three-year term as vice-president of the Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa (CERNA) in February 2022.