On Monday 23rd April 2007, under the chairmanship of Bishop Benoît Rivière, Bishop of Autun (France), the General Chapter of the Brothers of St John, comprising approximately fifty delegates, have re-elected brother John-Pierre-Marie as Prior General for a term of office of three years.

In 2001 brother John-Pierre-Marie was elected Prior General for six years, succeeding the Founder of the Community, Father Marie-Dominique Philippe, whose term of office had expired.

Brother John-Pierre-Marie, who comes from Touraine, is forty-five years old. He has been a member of the Congregation of St John since 1982 and a priest since 1989. His first position of authority was as superior of a priory near Loches, then as superior of a priory which runs a rehabilitation program for drug-addicts near Châteauroux, and subsequently as superior of the priory for theological formation at Rimont near Chalon-sur-Saône, in the diocese of Autun. He has also been responsible for the Vicariate of the Community which comprises the nine priories in central France. He holds a Masters degree in philosophy from the University of Lyon III and a degree in Spanish. He taught philosophy for eight years in secondary schools.

Pope Benedict XVI sent a message to the Congregation on the occasion of the Chapter in which he encouraged the Brothers of St John “to deepen their commitment to the consecrated life in the footsteps of Christ… Drawing on the teaching of Father Marie-Dominique Philippe, their founder, may the Brothers embark on a new stage of faithfulness to their religious vocation and develop even closer ties of communion with the various local Churches in those places where they carry out their mission.”