Auguste Declercq
Auguste Declercq CICM (born April 30, 1870 in Avekapelle (municipality of Veurne ), Belgium , † November 28, 1939 ) was a Belgian Roman Catholic religious and apostolic vicar of Ober-Kasaï .
Life
Auguste Declercq joined the religious order of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at and received on 16 July 1893 sacrament of Holy Orders .
On August 24, 1918, Pope Benedict XV appointed him . the titular bishop of Thignica and Apostolic Vicar of Upper Kasai. The Archbishop of Mechelen , Désiré-Joseph Cardinal Mercier , donated him episcopal ordination on January 12, 1919 ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Namur , Thomas Louis Heylen OPraem , and the auxiliary bishop in Ghent , Eugène Victor Marie Van Rechem .
Auguste Declercq resigned on October 29, 1938 as Vicar Apostolic of Ober-Kasaï.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Égide de Bœck CICM |
Vicar Apostolic of Ober-Kasaï 1921–1938 |
Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol CICM |
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| SURNAME | Declercq, Auguste |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Clercq, Auguste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian Roman Catholic religious and apostolic vicar of Ober-Kasaï |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Avekapelle (municipality of Veurne ), Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1939 |