Louis-Joseph Delebecque
Belgian theologian and bishop
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- Doctorate Theology Université catholique de Louvain
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Louis-Joseph Delebecque was the 21st bishop of Ghent, in Belgium, from November 1838 until his death. Life Delebecque was born in Ypres on 7 December 1796. In 1831 he was appointed professor of dogmatics at the Major Seminary of Ghent, leaving in 1833 to take up a position as secretary to Mgr Franciscus Renatus Boussen, administrator apostolic of West Flanders . In September 1833 he was appointed president of the Major Seminary, Bruges. Appointed as bishop of Ghent on 13 September 1838, he was consecrated on 4 November. On 21 December 1838, he prohibited the clergy of his diocese from any involvement with periodicals disseminating the democratic ideas of Lamennais. This is thought to have had an impact on the outcome of the legislative elections of 1839.
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