Frans Daneels

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Archbishop Frans Daneels O.Praem., 2011 (right)

Frans Daneels O.Praem. (Born April 2, 1941 in Kapellen , Belgium ) is a Flemish religious , canon lawyer and Curia Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Frans Daneels grew up as one of six children in Ekeren and attended the Sint-Michielscollege in Brasschaat . After leaving school, he joined the Order of Norbertine - canons and put in on August 28, 1961 Abbey Averbode the Solemn Profession on. On March 26, 1966, he received the sacrament of ordination . Then Daneels was sent to Rome to continue his studies . He received his doctorate in canon law in 1971 at the Pontifical Gregorian University with the dissertation De subjecto officii ecclesiastici attenta doctrina concilii Vaticani II . He then worked as a chaplain in Rillaar until 1975 and as city ​​dean of Averbode from 1977 to 1982 .

In 1982, Frans Daneels was recalled to Rome as Procurator General of his order. Since then he has been the chaplain of the Missionary Sisters Queen of the Apostles in the General Curia of the Order of the Premonstratensian. Daneels became a visiting professor in 1985 at the Canonism Faculty of the Pontifical Gregorian University. In April 1989, appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the promoter of justice at the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature , where he worked as Deputy of justice for two years, as well as consultor of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts . In 1998 Daneels was appointed to the Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia .

On April 12, 2008 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . as titular bishop of Bita and secretary of the Apostolic Signature. The episcopal ordination donated him and two other prelates Curia on May 1 of that year, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone in St. Peter's Basilica . Co- consecrators were Agostino Cardinal Vallini and Archbishop Francesco Coccopalmerio . The Belgian Bishops' Conference was represented at the ceremony by Rémy Victor Vancottem , then Auxiliary Bishop in Mechlin-Brussels . On August 28, 2011 Frans Daneels celebrated his golden jubilee of profession. Benedict XVI. elevated him to the rank of archbishop on October 10, 2012.

On July 16, 2016, Pope Francis accepted his retirement from the office of Secretary of the Apostolic Signature. He was succeeded in this position by Giuseppe Sciacca . On September 30, 2017, Pope Francis reappointed him as a member of the Apostolic Signature. On October 21 of the same year, the Pope also appointed him a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rinuncia del Segretario del Supremo Tribunale della Segnatura Apostolica e nomina del nuovo Segretario. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , July 13, 2016, accessed July 16, 2016 (Italian).
  2. ^ Nomina di Membri del Supremo Tribunale della Segnatura Apostolica. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, September 30, 2017, accessed September 30, 2017 (Italian).
  3. ^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 21, 2017, accessed October 21, 2017 (Italian).

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personal data
SURNAME Daneels, Frans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian chaplain, archbishop of the curia
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Chapels , Belgium