Pierre-Lambert Goossens (18 July 1827 – 25 January 1906) was a
Belgian Cardinal
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of the
Roman Catholic Church. He served as
Archbishop of Mechelen from 1884 until his death, and was elevated to the
cardinalate in 1889.
Biography
Pierre-Lambert Goossens was born in
Perk, near
Vilvoorde, and
ordained to the
priesthood on 21 December 1850. He then taught pedagogy at the seminary in
Mechelen
Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...
until 1858, also being named
vice-pastor of its
cathedral and
private secretary to the Archbishop in 1856. After becoming an
honorary
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canon in 1860, Goossens was made
vicar general in 1878, and later a
Domestic Prelate of His Holiness
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of
Namur
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and
Titular Bishop of ''Abdera''. He received his
episcopal consecration on the following 24 June from Bishop Jean Faict, with Bishops Victor Doutreloux and by Victor van den Branden de Reeth serving as
co-consecrators
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. Goossens succeeded
Victor-Auguste-Isidore Dechamps as
Bishop of Namur
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on 16 July 1883, and was later named
Archbishop of Mechelen and thus
Primate of the
Belgian Church on 24 March 1884.
Pope Leo XIII created him
Cardinal Priest of
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in the
consistory of 24 May 1889. Goossens was one of the cardinal electors in the
1903 papal conclave
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that selected
Pope Pius X
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.
In 1895 he ordained
Amadeus de Bie as Abbot of
Bornem Abbey. He died in Mechelen, at age 78, and is buried in his native Perk.
Honours
* 1885: Commander in the
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.
* 1900: Grand Cordon in the
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* Order of Leopold (Belgium), founded in 1832 by king Leopold I of Belgium
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.
[Handelsblad (Het) 7 March 1905]
See also
*
Archbishopric of Mechelen-Brussels
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History
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References
External links
Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
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1827 births
1906 deaths
19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Belgium
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Belgium
Belgian cardinals
Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII
People from Steenokkerzeel
Roman Catholic archbishops of Mechelen-Brussels
Bishops of Namur
Belgian Roman Catholic archbishops