Guillaume-Marie van Zuylen
Guillaume-Marie van Zuylen (born January 4, 1910 in Argenteau ( Visé ), † April 2, 2004 in Liège ) was a Belgian clergyman and from 1961 to 1986 the 89th Bishop of Liège .
Life
Coming from a wealthy entrepreneurial family, van Zuylen studied after school in Visé, in Liège and at the seminary of Sint-Truiden and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome .
On September 11, 1932 van Zuylen was ordained a priest for the diocese of Liège. In 1936 he became a professor at the Liège seminary. In 1940 he was taken prisoner of war . He then became an almsman for the Secret Leger , a Belgian resistance movement during World War II . After the war he became the reign of the Liège seminary in 1945 and vicar general in 1949 .
Pope Pius XII appointed him on July 9, 1951 titular bishop of Druas and coadjutor bishop of Liège. The bishop of Liège, Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs , gave him episcopal ordination on September 8th of the same year. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Tournai , Charles-Marie Himmer , and Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Jozef Joliet from Ghent .
With the resignation of Louis-Joseph Kerkhof on December 7, 1961, he succeeded him as Bishop of Liège. He participated in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council as a council father.
Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation on March 17, 1986.
Web links
- Entry on Guillaume-Marie van Zuylen on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on van Zuylen on the website of the Diocese of Liège (in French)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs |
Bishop of Liège 1961–1986 |
Albert Houssiau |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zuylen, Guillaume-Marie van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zuylen, Wilhelm Maria van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Liège |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Argenteau ( Visé ), Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 2004 |
| Place of death | Liege |