Chemin Neuf Institute (I.C.N.)

Also known as: Gemeinschaft Chemin Neuf (Deutsch) / Institut Chemin Neuf (français) / Istituto Cammino Nuovo (Italiano) / Wspólnota Chemin Neuf (polski) / Institutum Novum Iter (latine)

Type: Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

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History

1992: Established as Chemin Neuf Institute (English) / Gemeinschaft Chemin Neuf (Deutsch) / Institut Chemin Neuf (français) / Istituto Cammino Nuovo (Italiano) / Wspólnota Chemin Neuf (polski) / Institutum Novum Iter (latine) / I.C.N. (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lyon)

Contact Info

Address: St. Pierre de Curtille, F-73310, France

Phone: 4.79.54.53.88

Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. François Michon, I.C.N. (59) (2016.08.17 – ...)

Past Superiors

Superior General:

Fr. Laurent Fabre, I.C.N. (1992 – 2016.08.17)

Founder

Founder:

Fr. Laurent Fabre, I.C.N. (1992)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

Bishop Étienne Vetö, I.C.N. (61), Titular Bishop of Thérouanne and Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Houses: 25

Members: 181 (123 priests)

Last updated on 2026.02.24

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