Martin-Hubert Rutten

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Martin-Hubert Rutten
Bishop of Liège
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Liège
SeeSt Paul's, Liège
PredecessorVictor Joseph Doutreloux
SuccessorLouis-Joseph Kerkhofs
Orders
Ordination28 April 1867
Consecration6 June 1902
Personal details
Born(1841-12-18)18 December 1841
Geistingen, Limburg Province, Belgium
Died17 July 1927(1927-07-17) (aged 85)
Liège, Liège Province, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Previous post(s)Dean of the cathedral chapter in Liège
Alma materDiocesan Seminary of Liège
MottoNon recuso laborem

Martin-Hubert Rutten (1841–1927), was a

bishop of Liège
.

Life

Rutten was born in

honorary canon, in 1878 rector of the minor seminary in Sint-Truiden, and in 1879 president of the diocesan seminary and vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège. In 1888 he became dean of the cathedral chapter in Liège, and on 26 August 1901 was named bishop.[1] His appointment was supported by Leopold II of Belgium, who saw him as a man who would combat the growth of Christian democracy in Liège. Unlike his predecessor, he was opposed to the extension of the franchise, and thought nobody under 30 should be allowed to vote. He was consecrated on 6 June 1902.[1]

Rutten was from a Dutch-speaking family and inclined to

Eucharistic Congress held at Hasselt in 1904 in Dutch. He protested against German atrocities and exactions during the German occupation of Belgium during World War I and condemned those who collaborated to obtain language concessions, but immediately after the end of the war he decreed that the Catholic secondary schools in Limburg should switch to Dutch as the main medium of instruction.[1]

On 16 November 1925, Eupen and Malmedy were removed from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne and attached to the diocese of Liège.[1]

Rutten died in Liège on 17 July 1927.[1] Over the course of his episcopate he had consecrated 120 churches and 24 chapels, to bring the sacraments as close to the people as possible.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h A. Simon, "Rutten (Martin-Hubert)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 31 (Brussels, 1961), 659-664.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Bishop of Liège

1902–1927 		Succeeded by
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