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Studium in Mecheln, Leuven und Paris, 1874 Priesterweihe, 1877 Professor für
Philosophie in Mecheln, Vertreter des Neothomismus, 1882 Lehrstuhl für thomistische
Philosophie an der Universität von Leuven, 1889 Präsident des Institut Supérieur de
Philosophie, 1894 Gründung der "Revue néo-scolastique", 1906 Erzbischof von Mecheln, damit
Primas der katholischen Kirche von Belgien, 1907 Kardinal, 1914-1918 ließ er gegen die
deutsche Besatzungsmacht in Belgien gerichtete Hirtenbriefe verteilen, 1921-1926 "Mechelner
Gespräche" mit Vertretern der anglikanischen Kirche.
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Désiré-Joseph Mercier
* 21 November 1851, ✝ 23 January 1926
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Recommended quotation
Désiré-Joseph Mercier, in: 'Kritische Online-Edition der Nuntiaturberichte Eugenio Pacellis (1917-1929)', biography no. 13019, URL: www.pacelli-edition.de/en/gnd/11858099X. Last access: 16-06-2025.
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