François-René Boussen

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François-René Boussen
Apostolic Administrator of West Flanders
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Franciscus Renatus Boussen or Frans Boussen(1774–1848) was the 18th

bishop of Bruges
, and the first after the re-establishment of the diocese in 1834.

Life

Boussen was born in Veurne on 2 December 1774, the son of Laurentius Josephus Boussen and Joanna Theresia Vandermeersch. He studied at the Oratorian school in Veurne until it was closed in the French period, and completed his education with private tutors. After the Concordat of 1801 allowed the reopening of the seminaries, he trained for the priesthood and was ordained in 1805 as a priest for the diocese of Ghent. He was appointed secretary to Bishop Fallot de Beaumont, and continued in the function when Maurice-Jean de Broglie took over the diocese. In Broglie's prolonged absences due to persecution by the civil powers, the administration of the diocese fell to his Vicars General assisted by Boussen, who on 12 May 1821 were acquitted of wrong-doing by the courts in Brussels.[1]

Abbey of Dunes to the diocese to establish a seminary. Boussen was responsible for securing funds, hiring staff, and appointing a cathedral chapter.[1]

He abolished the surviving

Writings

References

  1. ^ a b c d F. Vande Putte, "Boussen (François-René)", in Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, 1868), 866-870.
  2. ^ On Google Books
  3. ^ "Vijf Brugse bisschoppen herbegraven", De Standaard, September 20, 2002
  4. ^ Vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4 Manuale pastorum, ex pastorali dioecesis Brugensis.