Aloys Jousten | |
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![]() Jousten in 2006 | |
Diocese | Liège |
See | St Paul's Cathedral, Liège |
Appointed | 2001 |
Term ended | 2013 |
Predecessor | Albert Houssiau |
Successor | Jean-Pierre Delville |
Orders | |
Ordination | 8 July 1962 |
Consecration | 3 June 2001 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Sankt-Vith, Belgium | 2 November 1937
Died | 20 September 2021 Cologne, Germany | (aged 83)
Nationality | Belgian |
Motto | Gaudium Domini fortitudo nostra (The joy of the Lord is our strength, Neh 8:10) |
Coat of arms |
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Aloys Jousten (2 November 1937 – 20 September 2021) was a bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Liège in Belgium.
Jousten was born in Sankt-Vith on 2 November 1937, and ordained priest in Liège on 8 July 1962. He held the degree of Doctor of Theology. He was nominated as the 91st Bishop of Liège on 9 May 2001, and was consecrated on 4 June the same year. [1]
In 2009 he was named as a possible successor to Godfried Danneels as Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. [2] He proffered his resignation as bishop of Liège in November 2012, having reached the age of 75, [3] but agreed to remain as bishop until his successor was appointed. [4] He retired on 31 May 2013. [5]
Media related to
Aloys Jousten at Wikimedia Commons
Aloys Jousten | |
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![]() Jousten in 2006 | |
Diocese | Liège |
See | St Paul's Cathedral, Liège |
Appointed | 2001 |
Term ended | 2013 |
Predecessor | Albert Houssiau |
Successor | Jean-Pierre Delville |
Orders | |
Ordination | 8 July 1962 |
Consecration | 3 June 2001 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Sankt-Vith, Belgium | 2 November 1937
Died | 20 September 2021 Cologne, Germany | (aged 83)
Nationality | Belgian |
Motto | Gaudium Domini fortitudo nostra (The joy of the Lord is our strength, Neh 8:10) |
Coat of arms |
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Aloys Jousten (2 November 1937 – 20 September 2021) was a bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Liège in Belgium.
Jousten was born in Sankt-Vith on 2 November 1937, and ordained priest in Liège on 8 July 1962. He held the degree of Doctor of Theology. He was nominated as the 91st Bishop of Liège on 9 May 2001, and was consecrated on 4 June the same year. [1]
In 2009 he was named as a possible successor to Godfried Danneels as Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. [2] He proffered his resignation as bishop of Liège in November 2012, having reached the age of 75, [3] but agreed to remain as bishop until his successor was appointed. [4] He retired on 31 May 2013. [5]
Media related to
Aloys Jousten at Wikimedia Commons