His Excellency Leon Lemmens | |
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Auxiliary Bishop of Flemish Brabant and Mechelen | |
Province | Belgium |
Diocese | Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels |
Installed | 3 April 2011 |
Predecessor | Jozef De Kesel |
Orders | |
Ordination | 10 July 1977 |
Consecration | 3 April 2011 |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 2 June 2017 Leuven, Belgium | (aged 63)
Nationality | Belgian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Residence | Mechelen |
Alma mater | KU Leuven, Pontifical Gregorian University |
Motto | Populum humilem et pauperem (A humble and poor people) |
Coat of arms |
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Leon Lemmens (16 March 1954 – 2 June 2017) was a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Belgium.
Lemmens, a native of Maasmechelen, was ordained a priest on 10 July 1977. He was named an auxiliary bishop to the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels by Pope Benedict XVI on 22 February 2011 and consecrated on 3 April 2011. [1]
Lemmens followed high school at the Klein Seminarie in Sint-Truiden. He entered seminary in Sint-Truiden (1971-1976) and was ordained to the priesthood to the Diocese of Hasselt on 10 July 1977. He obtained a bachelor in theology at the KU Leuven (1976) and studies moral theology in Rome. He obtained a licentiate in moral theology (1979) and became doctor in theology in 1989. [2]
He worked as a parish priest in Genk (1981-1984). In 1984 he became professor at the seminary in Hasselt. From 1986 to 1997 he was a member of the Interdiocesan Commission on Liturgy and from 1990 to 1995 he was responsible for vocations. In 1994-1995 he took charge of the organisation of the meeting of young people with the pope in Brussels. [3]
In 2004 he became rector of the Romanian College in Rome and in 2005 he was an official at the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches of the Roman Curia. [4]
On 22 February 2011, pope Benedict XVI appointed Lemmens as auxiliary bishop in the archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, with the responsibility for the vicariate Vlaams-Brabant & Mechelen. He was a Municipa. [5] [6]
He was consecrated on 3 April 2011 in the National Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Koekelberg by archbishop André-Joseph Léonard. [7]
Lemmens was a member of the Community of Sant'Egidio from 1977 until his death. [8] He died from leukemia on 2 June 2017 in Leuven, Belgium. [9] His funeral service on 10 June was held in St. Rumbold's Cathedral, Mechelen, which was filled to capacity. [10]
His Excellency Leon Lemmens | |
---|---|
Auxiliary Bishop of Flemish Brabant and Mechelen | |
Province | Belgium |
Diocese | Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels |
Installed | 3 April 2011 |
Predecessor | Jozef De Kesel |
Orders | |
Ordination | 10 July 1977 |
Consecration | 3 April 2011 |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 2 June 2017 Leuven, Belgium | (aged 63)
Nationality | Belgian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Residence | Mechelen |
Alma mater | KU Leuven, Pontifical Gregorian University |
Motto | Populum humilem et pauperem (A humble and poor people) |
Coat of arms |
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Leon Lemmens (16 March 1954 – 2 June 2017) was a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Belgium.
Lemmens, a native of Maasmechelen, was ordained a priest on 10 July 1977. He was named an auxiliary bishop to the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels by Pope Benedict XVI on 22 February 2011 and consecrated on 3 April 2011. [1]
Lemmens followed high school at the Klein Seminarie in Sint-Truiden. He entered seminary in Sint-Truiden (1971-1976) and was ordained to the priesthood to the Diocese of Hasselt on 10 July 1977. He obtained a bachelor in theology at the KU Leuven (1976) and studies moral theology in Rome. He obtained a licentiate in moral theology (1979) and became doctor in theology in 1989. [2]
He worked as a parish priest in Genk (1981-1984). In 1984 he became professor at the seminary in Hasselt. From 1986 to 1997 he was a member of the Interdiocesan Commission on Liturgy and from 1990 to 1995 he was responsible for vocations. In 1994-1995 he took charge of the organisation of the meeting of young people with the pope in Brussels. [3]
In 2004 he became rector of the Romanian College in Rome and in 2005 he was an official at the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches of the Roman Curia. [4]
On 22 February 2011, pope Benedict XVI appointed Lemmens as auxiliary bishop in the archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, with the responsibility for the vicariate Vlaams-Brabant & Mechelen. He was a Municipa. [5] [6]
He was consecrated on 3 April 2011 in the National Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Koekelberg by archbishop André-Joseph Léonard. [7]
Lemmens was a member of the Community of Sant'Egidio from 1977 until his death. [8] He died from leukemia on 2 June 2017 in Leuven, Belgium. [9] His funeral service on 10 June was held in St. Rumbold's Cathedral, Mechelen, which was filled to capacity. [10]