A NEW BISHOP FOR LIEGE

51e2e38e35707f483 nouvel evêque de Liège

 

Yesterday, in presence of Cardinal Godfried Daneels and Mgr Leonard, archbishop of Belgium, Mgr Jean-Pierre DELVILLE was inaugurated as  bishop of Liège, an important diocese in the eastern part of Belgium. Mgr Delville follows Mgr Alois Jousten who resigned for age reasons.

He is 57 and lecturer at the Université Catholique de Louvain. Numerous political personnalities were rpesent like Willy Demeyer, mayor of Liege and Karl-Heinz Lambertz, first minister of the german-speaking government of Belgium.

picture: Diocese of Liège

picture: Diocese of Liège

 

Jacques JOORIS

 

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