Roman Catholic Diocese of Namur
Diocese of Namur Dioecesis Namurcensis Diocèse de Namur (French) Bistum Namur (German) Bisdom Namen (Dutch) | |
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The Diocese of Namur (
Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. Its cathedra is found within St. Aubin's Cathedral in the episcopal see of Namur
.
History
The diocese was constituted as a
vicar apostolic of Luxembourg, its loss to the Diocese of Namur being formalised on 7 October 1842.[3]
In 1907, the Diocese of Namur numbered 583,722 inhabitants, 36 deaneries, 37 parishes, 677 succursals, 96 auxiliary chapels, 111 curacies paid by the State. Within the diocese, religious congregations administered 2 orphanages for boys, 7 for girls, 1 mixed, 18 hospitals or infirmaries, 4 clinics, 194 infant schools, 1 house of rescue, 6 houses for the care of the sick in their homes, 1 asylum for deaf mutes, 2 houses of retreat, 1 insane asylum.[3]
See
Baroque style
in the 1750s.
The diocese also houses a minor basilica, the Basilica of Saint Maternus in Walcourt.
Bishops
Bishops of Namur
Bishops of the first diocese
- Antoine Havet, 1561–1578
- François Wallon-Capelle, 1580–1592
- Jean Dave, 1593–1595
- bishop of Saint-Omer
- archbishop of Cambrai
- Jean Dauvin, 1615–1629
- Engelbert Des Bois, 1630–1651
- archbishop of Mechelen
- bishop of Ghent
- Pierre Vandenperre, 1680–1695
- Ferdinand de Berlo de Brus, 1698–1725
- Thomas Strickland de Sizergh, 1727–1740
- Paul-Godefroi de Berlo de Franc-Douaire, 1741–1771
- bishop of Ghent
- Albert Louis de Lichtervelde, 1780–1796
Bishops since 1802
- Claude de Bexon (25 May 1802 – 15 Sep 1803)
- Joseph Pisani de La Gaude (1803–1828)
- Nicolas-Alexis Ondenard (1828–1830 )
- Jean Arnold Barret (15 Apr 1833 – 31 Jul 1835 )
- Nicolas-Joseph Dehesselle (1 Feb 1836 – 1865 )
- Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps (25 Sep 1865 – 20 Dec 1867 ), appointed Archbishop of Mechelen (Cardinal in 1875)
- Théodore-Joseph Gravez (20 Dec 1867 – 1883 Died)
- Pierre-Lambert Goosens(16 Jul 1883 – 24 Mar 1884 ), appointed Archbishop of Mechelen (Cardinal in 1889)
- Édouard-Joseph Belin (27 Mar 1884 – 1892 )
- Jean-Baptiste Decrolière ( 1892 – 1899 )
- Thomas Louis Heylen (23 Oct 1899 – 28 Oct 1941 )
- André Marie Charue (12 Dec 1941 – 24 Jun 1974 )
- Robert-Joseph Mathen (24 Jun 1974 – 7 Feb 1991 )
- Andre-Mutien Leonard(7 Feb 1991 – 18 Jan 2010), appointed Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel
- Rémy Victor Vancottem(31 May 2010 – 5 Jun 2019)
- Pierre Warin (5 Jun 2019 - )
Coadjutor Bishops
- Paul Justin Cawet (1929-1941), died without succeeding to see
- Pierre-Lambert Goossens (1883); future Cardinal
- Robert-Joseph Mathen (1974)
Auxiliary Bishop
- Jean-Baptiste Musty (1957-1991)
- Pierre Warin (2004-2019), appointed bishop of this diocese
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Nikolaus Adames(priest here, 1839-1840), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Luxembourg in 1863
- Bishop of Antwerpin 1743
- Julien Ries, appointed titular archbishop and then Cardinal in 2012
References
- ^ Namur - New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ^ Diocese of Namur {Namen} from catholic-hierarchy.org
- ^ a b c Goyau, Pierre-Louis-Théophile-Georges (1911). . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10.
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