Philippe Lécrivain

Philippe Lécrivain (1 August 1941 – 13 April 2020) was a French Jesuit priest and historian.

He was ordained in the Diocese of Rennes in 1968, and joined the Society of Jesus in 1978 in Lyon.

He directed the Jesuit centre on Rue Blomet in Paris from 1985 to 1987.

He was a professor of Catholic history at the Centre Sèvres and a lecturer at Sciences Po.

Philippe Lécrivain died on 13 April 2020 in Paris at the age of 78 due to COVID-19.