Paul Lanneau
Paul Lanneau (born July 22, 1925 in Anderlecht , † January 26, 2017 in Brussels ) was a Belgian Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Mechelen-Brussels .
Life
Paul Lanneau was ordained a priest on July 24, 1949 . Until 1950 he was a professor at the St. Peter's College in Leuven . After serving as a pastor in various parishes for the next twenty years, he was appointed coordinator for charitable pastoral care in the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels in 1970.
On February 14, 1982 he was appointed titular bishop of Tusuros and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Mechlin-Brussels by Pope John Paul II . The Archbishop of Mechlin-Brussels, Godfried Danneels , donated him the episcopal ordination on March 20 of the same year. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Bruges , Emiel-Jozef De Smedt , the Bishop of Liège , Guillaume Marie van Zuylen , the Bishop of Tournai , Jean Huard , and Auxiliary Bishop Paul Constant Schoenmaekers from Mechlin-Brussels.
On March 20, 2002, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.
He was Grand Prior and Honorary Grand Prior of the Belgian Lieutenancy of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry for Paul Lanneau on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Short biography of Paul Lanneau on kerknet.be
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| SURNAME | Lanneau, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Mechelen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Anderlecht |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 2017 |
| Place of death | Brussels |