January 5, 2026: Rector of Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Date of birth: March 30, 1962
Place of birth: Vannes (Morbihan), France
Nationality: French

Formation in the Society of Jesus

2001: Final vows in the Society of Jesus
1996: Ordination to the priesthood by Msgr. Antoine Audo, Chaldean, Bishop of Aleppo
1994 - 1996: Second cycle of theological studies at Facultés Loyola, Paris (formerly Centre Sèvres)
1992 - 1994:
- Regency in Lebanon
- Teaching and research activities at the Center for Modern Arab Studies (CEMAM) of Saint Joseph University of Beirut
- Pastoral work: Spiritual advisor to the Eucharistic Youth Movement at Collège des     Sœurs des Saints-Cœurs - Bauchrieh
1988 - 1992: Philosophy and theology studies, Facultés Loyola Paris (formerly Centre Sèvres)
1986 - 1988: Novitiate in Lyon
 

Ecclesial and Institutional Responsibilities

2024 - 2025: Vice-Rector of Saint Joseph University of Beirut.
                      Delegate of the Rector for Human Resources
2017 - 2023: Provincial Superior of the Jesuits of French-speaking Western Europe
2015 - 2017: Rector of Facultés Loyola Paris 
2012: Procurator at the Congregation of Procurators, Nairobi 
2008 - 2014: Superior of the Saint Ignatius Jesuit Community, Centre Sèvres, Paris
2007 - 2014: Chaplain of Saint Ignatius Church, Paris
2003 - 2007: Editor-in-Chief of Croire Aujourd’hui, Bayard Group
                     Member of the Editorial Board of Études
1994 - 2003: Editor at Croire Aujourd’hui
1990 - 1992: Chaplain of École supérieure de gestion (ESG), Paris

Academic and Teaching Career

2025 - present: Instructor, Department of History - International Relations, Faculty of Humanities Ramez G. Chagoury, Saint Joseph University of Beirut
Courses: The Meaning of History in International Relations; The Political Stakes of Controlling Water Resources in the Middle East
January - June 2024: Sabbatical, Georgetown University (Affiliated Researcher)
2015 - 2017: Rector, Facultés Loyola Paris
2015: Assistant Professor in Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy, Facultés Loyola Paris
September - December 2014: Research Fellow, SOAS University of London
2007 - 2017: Director, Department of Public Ethics and International Perspectives, Facultés Loyola Paris
2003 - 2011: Visiting Professor, Institut Catholique de Paris
2003 - 2017: Visiting Professor, Saint Joseph University of Beirut
1992 - 1994: Instructor in Business Law, Saint Joseph University of Beirut; Research Member, CEMAM

Education

2002: PhD in Political Science - Department of Political Science - Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne University. PhD dissertation defended on March 12, 2002: Conflits frontaliers et partage de l’eau. L’enjeu politique du contrôle des ressources hydrauliques entre le Liban, la Syrie et Israël. (Border Conflicts and Water Sharing: The Political Stakes of Controlling Water Resources Between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel)
Thesis Director: Prof. Charles Zorgbibe (Members of the jury included: Mr. Wajdi Najem, Vice-Rector of Saint Joseph University of Beirut, and Prof. Joseph Maïla)
Very Honorable Mention with Jury Praises (cf. General Catalog of Dissertations of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University 2000-2009: https://www.academia.edu/33536498/THESES_2000 , p. 61.) 
1998: Canonical Licentiate in Theology (equivalent to a Master’s degree) - Facultés Loyola Paris
1997: Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS) in Political Science – Class Valedictorian Department of Political Science - Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne University
1992: Canonical Baccalaureate in Philosophy (equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree) - Facultés Loyola Paris 
1986: Maîtrise in Public Law, concentration: European Law - Faculté des Sciences juridiques de Rennes
Baccalaureate: Collège saint François-Xavier, Vannes, France

Institutional Links with Lebanon and USJ

2024 - 2025: Vice-Rector of Saint Joseph University of Beirut
Delegate of the Rector for Human Resources
2022 - 2024: Member of the Board of Trustees of Saint Joseph University of Beirut
2020: Rapporteur and member of doctoral jury of the EDBA (Executive Doctorate in Business Administration), a joint program between USJ and Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, dissertation of Dr. Fouad Maroun, then Secretary-General of USJ.
2003 - 2017: Visiting professor (biennial appointment), course: “The Political Stakes of Controlling Water Resources in the Middle East” - Department of History - International Relations at the Faculty of Humanities Ramez G. Chagoury. (Dean: Prof. Christine Babikian Assaf – Head of Department: Prof. Carla Eddé).
1998 - present: President of the USJ Paris Administrative Office Association. (Vice-President: Prof. Salim Daccache, SJ, Rector; Director: Ms. Gassia Artin)
1992 - 1994: Regency (a stage in Jesuit formation) in Lebanon:
Instructor in Business Law, 1^st year, IUT, CST, Saint Joseph University of Beirut (Director: Mrs. Mireille Mounsef- Abboud).
Member of the USJ CEMAM research team (Director: Fr. John Donohue, SJ).
Spiritual advisor to the Eucharistic Youth Movement - Collège des Sœurs des Saints-Cœurs - Bauchrieh
1990: First stay in Lebanon (during the summer). Youth camp counselor for young people from Aïn El Remmaneh, organized by the Social Activities Committee (CAS) of Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour
 

Selected Publications

Books

- Comme un long Samedi saint – Libres méditations sur l’Espérance, Éditions Cerf - Loyola, October 2025, 336 pp.
- Les chrétiens dans le débat public, (collective work), (chapter: « Chrétiens dans la société, comment parler ? »), Éditions des Facultés jésuites de Paris, 2014, 164 pp.
- Pour l’éducation et pour l’école, des catholiques s’engagent, (collective work edited by Msgr. Dagens), Éditions Odile Jacob, Paris, 2007, 304 pp.
- Entre violence et paix: la voix des religions (collective work), (chapter: « Que penser de la thèse du choc des civilisations, des religions et des cultures ? »), Éditions des Facultés jésuites de Paris, 2005, Paris, 160 pp. (also translated into Spanish)
- L’Évangile social, guide pour une lecture des encycliques sociales (with Henri Madelin), Bayard Éditions - Centurion, 1999, Paris, 154 pp.

Articles

- Una constitución política al servicio de un contrato social: la situación francesa, Xipe Totek, Revista trimestral del Departamento de Filosofía y Humanidades ITESO (Mexico), vol. XXVI-I, no. 101, March 2017, pp. 57–83.
- المياه في الأزمات السياسية في الشرق الأوسط , Al-Machriq, January–June 2016, pp. 12–32.
- L’eau dans les crises politiques moyen-orientales, Les Cahiers de l’Orient, no. 120, 2015/4, pp. 111–115.
- L’enjeu politique du contrôle de l’eau au Moyen-Orient, Défense et Stratégie, no. 27, 3rd quarter 2009, pp. 15–28.
- Chrétiens d’Orient, doutes et angoisses, Études, November 2006, pp. 496–506.
- L’enjeu politique du contrôle de l’eau au Proche-Orient, dossier “La Valeur de l’or bleu”, Le Journal de la paix, no. 489, October 2005, pp. 38–44.
- L’enjeu politique du contrôle de l’eau au Moyen-Orient, Lettre aux Communautés (Mission de France), no. 230, May–June 2005, pp. 39–44.
- L’eau, un enjeu avant tout politique, Le Mensuel de l’Université, no. 12, January 2004, pp. 23–25.
- Une approche politique du contrôle de l’eau au Moyen-Orient, Afrique contemporaine, no. 205, 2003/1, pp. 77–98.
- L’eau touche profondément à l’identité du Liban, La Croix, October 16, 2002.
- La guerre de l’eau n’aura pas lieu, Responsables, no. 337, July–August 2002, pp. 15–18.
- La guerre de l’eau aura-t-elle lieu ?, Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace, June 30, 2002, p. 9.
- Les guerres de l’eau au Moyen-Orient, Études, January 1995, pp. 5–14.
- مشاكل المياه في الشرق الأوسط, Al-Machriq, January–June 1994, pp. 9–29.
- Les guerres de l’eau au Moyen-Orient », Center for Modern Arab Studies (CEMAM – Saint Joseph University of Beirut), March 1994, p. 26.