Jozef-Ernest van Roey


Jozef-Ernest van Roey
Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen
Primate of Belgium
Van Roey as Archbishop of Mechelen (c. 1926)
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseMechelen
In office12 March 1926 - 6 August 1961
PredecessorDésiré-Joseph Mercier
SuccessorLeo Joseph Suenens
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Military Apostolic Vicar of Belgium
Orders
Ordination18 September 1897
Consecration25 April 1926
by Clemente Micara
Created cardinal20 June 1927
by Pius XI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born(1874-01-13)13 January 1874
Died6 August 1961(1961-08-06) (aged 87)
Mechelen, Flanders, Belgium
BuriedSt. Rumbold's Cathedral
NationalityBelgian
Styles of
Jozef-Ernest van Roey
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeMechelen

Jozef-Ernest van Roey (13 January 1874 – 6 August 1961) was a Belgian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mechelen from 1926 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1927. He was a significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism in Belgium.[1]

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