Titular Bishop of Girba (30 March 1895 - 25 August 1947)
Orders
Ordination
8 September 1884
Consecration
10 May 1896 by Archbishop Pierre-Lambert Goossens
Personal details
Born
21 July 1858
Ardooie, Belgium
Died
5 August 1947
Nationality
Belgian
Denomination
Catholic
Parents
Cesar Roelens, Rosalia Vervisch
Victor Roelens, M. Afr. (21 July 1858 – 5 August 1947) was a Belgian Catholic priest who became Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo in 1895, and remained the premier bishop in the Congo Free State, then the Belgian Congo, until he retired in 1941.[1] He was a member of the Missionaries of Africa.
Missionaries of Africa. Roelens was born on 21 July 1858 in Ardooie as Victor Theodoor Roelens, the third son of Cesar Roelens and his mother, Rosalia...
Monseigneur VictorRoelens who assisted his passage through nearby seminaries and his ordination in 1917. Kaoze visited Belgium with Roelens in 1920. He...
and was the site of a White Fathers mission founded in 1893 by Father VictorRoelens. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu is based in Kirunga and...
immediately joined by Catholic missionaries, notably the Reverend Father VictorRoelens. During Mobutu Sese Seko's era, Uvira was the capital of the former...
Upper Congo became independent from Tanganyika in 1892, led by Bishop VictorRoelens. The Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa became independent from Tanganyika...
of Upper Congo was separated from Tanganyika in 1892, led by Bishop VictorRoelens. Lechaptois returned to France where he took part in the general chapter...
summer holidays of 1898, with the authority of the Vicar-General Mgr. VictorRoelens, he brought all the most pious and best behaved pupils to Mpala and...
direct process for preparing organosilicon compounds 1930's and 1940's Otto Roelen and Walter Reppe develop metal-catalyzed hydroformylation and acetylene...
Jeremias Benjamin Richter Victor von Richter Alfred Rieche Nikolaus Riehl Ernst Hermann Riesenfeld Helmut Ringsdorf Otto Roelen Werner Rolfinck Heinrich...
of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1963 Succeeded by Hans Roelen Political offices Preceded by Jelle Zijlstra Minister of Finance 1963–1965...
Royal Society Elected fellow 2018 Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker Otto Roelen Medal 2017 UK Catalysis Hub Sir John Meurig Thomas Catalysis Medal 2016...
Foundation in 1977, the Carl Zerbe Prize of the DGMK in 1998, the Otto Roelen Medal of DECHEMA in 2001, the Wöhler Prize for Sustainable Chemistry of...
vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 115–117. Jonas Roelens (16 September 2019). "Lesbisch in de middeleeuwen? Tamelijk veilig behalve...
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