Philippe Bordeyne

Philippe Bordeyne (born December 21, 1959) is a French priest, academic and theologian, and President of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences. Bordeyne previously served as dean of Theologicum from 2006 to 2011 and rector of the Catholic Institute of Paris (Institut Catholique de Paris — ICP) from 2011 to 2021.

Bordeyne has been a Knight of the Legion of Honour since December 31, 2014.

Life and career

Bordeyne was born in Paris in 1959.

1988 : Ordained priest in 1988 for the diocese of Nanterre (France) 1989 : obtained his master's degree and became teaching assistant at the Catholic Institute of Paris (ICP). 2001 : obtained his doctorate, jointly awarded by the ICP for Theology and by the University Paris-Sorbonne for the History of Religions and Anthropology of Religions.

Theologian 2006 to 2009 : President of the Conference of Deans of the Faculties of Canon Law of France 2008 to 2011 : President of the International Conference of Catholic Theological Institutions 2009 to 2012 : Member of the Board of Directors of the International Federation of Catholic Universities 2013 to 2016 : President of the Union of Catholic Higher Education Institutions. 2011 : Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Chaplain of His Holiness. 2015 : Pope Francis appointed him expert for the Synod of Bishops on the Mission of the Family in the Church and in the world. 2021 : President of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences

As a theologian, Bordeyne is a specialist in moral theology, ecumenism and the theological hermeneutics of the Second Vatican Council.

Bordeyne is also co-publisher and editor of the Bulletin of Moral Theology of Research in Religious Sciences.

Bordeyne is also the founder of the collection "Theology at the University".