Jean Fryns

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Jean Fryns CSSp (born July 5, 1910 in Kelmis , Belgium , then Neutral Moresnet ; † July 2, 1965 ) was a Belgian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Kindu .

Life

Memorial statue for Jean Fryns in Kelmis

From the age of 13, Jean Fryns attended the Aposptolic School of the Fathers of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) in Gentinnes , followed by a year of novitiate in the Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours and a degree in philosophy at the University of Leuven . He completed his theology studies in Rome . He joined the Congregation of the Holy Ghost in and received on July 12, 1936, the sacrament of Holy Orders in the Church of St. Paul Outside the Walls . 1946 Jean Fryns became the Order of Provincial appointed Spiritan and reappointed twice for a period of three years. Then Fryns was appointed head of the International Missionary Seminar in Freiburg , Switzerland . In November 1956 his wish was fulfilled, he flew to the Congo, where he initially worked in Kongolo and Lubunda .

On April 12, 1957, Pope Pius XII appointed him . as Titular Bishop of Ariassus and first Vicar Apostolic of Kindu. The Vicar Apostolic of Kongolo , Gustave Joseph Bouve CSSp, donated him episcopal ordination on July 7th of the same year ; Co-consecrators were the Vicar Apostolic of Stanleyville , Camille Verfaillie SCJ , and the Vicar Apostolic of Kasongo , Richard Cleire MAfr .

Jean Fryns was due to the elevation of the Apostolic Vicariate of Kindu for the November 10, 1959 Diocese of the first Bishop of Kindu.

Fryns attended the first, second and third sessions of the Second Vatican Council .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Grenz-Echo , Heinrich Toussaint: The Bishop of Kindu died in the middle of the work for his devastated diocese (edition of July 5, 1965 p. 3)
predecessor Office successor
... Apostolic Vicar / Bishop of Kindu
1957–1965 		Albert Onyembo Lomandjo CSSp
personal data
SURNAME Fryns, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian religious, Roman Catholic bishop of Kindu
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Kelmis , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 1965