Willem Marinus van Rossum
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| Born | Willem Marinus van Rossum 3 September 1854 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 August 1932 (aged 77) Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parents | Jan van Rossum Hendrika Veldwillems | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous post(s) | Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio (1911-15) Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary (1915-18) Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea (1918) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Willem Marinus van Rossum,
cardinal in 1911, led the Apostolic Penitentiary from 1915 to 1918, and served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
from 1918 until his death.
Life
Willem van Rossum was born in
profession
as a Redemptorist on 16 June 1874.
He was
priest in Wittem on 17 October 1879. He then taught Latin and rhetoric in Roermond and was a professor of dogmatic theology at the Scholasticate of Wittem from 1883 to 1892. He became the prefect of studies there in 1886 and its rector
in 1893.
After becoming a member of the Redemptorist community in
Congregation of the Holy Office
on 25 December 1896. He also became a counselor to the Commission for the Codification of Canon Law on 15 April 1904. He served as general consultor of the Redemptorists from 1909 to 1911.
On 27 November 1911, although Von Rossum was not yet a bishop,
Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith on 12 March 1918.[5]
Pope Benedict consecrated him a bishop on 19 May of that year.
He participated in the 1914 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XV[citation needed] and the 1922 conclave that elected Pope Pius XI.[6] At the latter he was thought a possible compromise candidate.[2]
Van Rossum died on 30 August 1932 in a Maastricht hospital,[2] after falling ill on returning from a visit to Denmark. He was buried in the Witten cemetery, but later in the Redemptorist church in Wittem.
References
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. III. 1911. p. 610. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ a b c "Cardinal Von Rossum Dies in Hospital at 77". New York Times. 30 August 1932. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. VII. 1915. p. 469. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. VII. 1915. p. 514. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. X. 1918. p. 172. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Cardinals in Precedence" (PDF). New York Times. 22 January 1922. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
External links
- Catholic Hierarchy: Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. [self-published]
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