Charles-Marie Himmer

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Charles-Marie Himmer (born April 10, 1902 in Dinant , Belgium, † February 13, 1994 in Fleurus ) was a Catholic clergyman and from 1948 to 1977 Bishop of Tournai .

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Life

Himmer studied in Dinant and Rome and received on 15 August 1926 in Namur by Bishop Thomas-Louis Heylen OPraem the priesthood .

Pope Pius XII appointed him on December 29, 1948 as the successor to the late Étienne Carton de Wiart Bishop of Tournai . The Archbishop of Mechelen , Cardinal Jozef-Ernest Van Roey , donated him episcopal ordination on February 24, 1949 in Tournai . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Namur , André Marie Charue , and the Bishop of Bruges , Henricus Lamiroy .

He participated in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council as a council father. At the end of the council in November 1965 he was one of the 40 first signatories of the so-called Catacomb Pact .

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  1. ↑ Copy and translation of the Catacomb Pact on the website pro-konzil.de
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SURNAME Himmer, Charles-Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian clergyman, Catholic bishop of Tournai
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Dinant , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1994
Place of death Fleurus