Pope Leo appoints French archbishop to succeed Cardinal O’Malley as president of Pontifical Commission for Protection of Minors

Pope Leo appoints French archbishop to succeed Cardinal O’Malley as president of Pontifical Commission for Protection of Minors

VATICAN CITY (VATICAN CITY)
America [New York NY]

July 5, 2025

By Gerard O’Connell

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Pope Leo XIV has appointed the French archbishop of Chambéry, Thibault Verny, as the new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, the Vatican announced today, July 5. Archbishop Verny, 59, has been a member of the commission since 2022.

He succeeds Cardinal Seán O’Malley, 81, the emeritus archbishop of Boston who has served with distinction as the first president of the commission ever since Pope Francis first established it in 2014 as an advisory body to the pope. Cardinal O’Malley oversaw the development of the commission over the past decade and was the last of the original founding members to remain on the commission.

Archbishop Verny is expected to continue as archbishop of Chambéry and, like Cardinal O’Malley, to conduct his work as president of the commission from his archdiocese in France with visits to Rome whenever necessary.