Louis Van Steene
Louis Van Steene MAfr (born December 5, 1913 in Antwerp , Belgium , † March 26, 1983 ) was a Belgian religious and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bukavu .
Life
Louis Van Steene joined the religious order of the White Fathers in and received on 29 June 1938, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
On November 7, 1955, Pope Pius XII appointed him . as titular bishop of Bennefa and coadjutor vicar of Bukavu. The Vicar Apostolic of Bukavu, Xavier Geeraerts MAfr, donated him episcopal ordination on January 15, 1956 ; Co-consecrators were the retired Vicar Apostolic of Buta , Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven OPraem , and the auxiliary bishop in Mechelen , Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh . On March 8, 1957, Louis Van Steene was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Bukavu, succeeding the resigned Xavier Geeraerts MAfr.
Louis Van Steene was due to the elevation of the Apostolic Vicariate of Bukavu for the November 10, 1959 Archdiocese first Archbishop of Bukavu. On May 24, 1965, Pope Paul VI took the resignation put forward by Van Steene and appointed him titular Archbishop of Ausuccura . Louis Van Steene renounced the titular bishopric of Ausuccura on September 20, 1976.
Van Steene attended the first, second and third sessions of the Second Vatican Council .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Xavier Geeraerts MAfr |
Apostolic Vicar / Archbishop of Bukavu 1957–1965 |
Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru |
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| SURNAME | Van Steene, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian religious, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bukavu |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 1983 |