Born in
Ypres,
Belgium, Vervenne first went to the
seminary to become a priest, but quit in 1973. He then started work in the construction industry as lorry driver. Later, he studied
theology in
Leuven and in 1986 he received his PhD in theology. He's a specialist of the
Old Testament. He is visiting scholar at the universities of
Lille (France) and
Kinshasa (Congo). Marc Vervenne is married to Christine De Roo and they have three children: Hannes (1978), Hilke (1980) and Bastiaan (1983). ==References==