Charles Philippe de Rodoan, or in Dutch Karel Filips de Rodoan (1552–1616), was the third bishop of

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and the fourth

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Charles Philippe was born in the castle of

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in 1552, son of Louis de Rodoan, knight, lord of Doncourt and Berleghem,

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Anna of Lorraine Anna of Lorraine (25 July 1522 – 15 May 1568) was a princess of the House of Lorraine. She was Princess of Orange by her first marriage to René of Châlon, and Duke of Aarschot, Duchess of Aarschot by her second marriage to Philippe II de ...

. He studied at

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, graduating

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in 1574.

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, "Charles-Philippe de Rodoan", in ''

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''
vol. 19
(Brussels, 1907), 603–612 Through the Lorraine connection he was provided with a canonry of

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, but transferred to

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upon graduation. From 1578 to 1584, when the rebels ruled Ghent during the

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, he resided first in Verdun and later in Mons. In 1585 he became

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or St Bavo's, and in 1590

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. In 1600 he was named bishop of Middelburg, and he was consecrated bishop by

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in Aalst on 8 October, but he was unable to take possession of the see because the city was in rebel hands. In 1602 he was proposed as bishop of Bruges, the nomination was confirmed by the pope in 1603, and he took possession of the see in 1604. With the beginning of the

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in 1609 he was able to visit the rural parishes, and take steps to reform the education of the young in the schools of his diocese. In 1611 he reopened the diocesan seminary, closed since 1578. He died at

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on 7 July 1616.

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