Jozef-Ernest van Roey
Jozef-Ernest van Roey | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen Primate of Belgium | |
Van Roey as Archbishop of Mechelen (c. 1926) | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Mechelen |
| In office | 12 March 1926 - 6 August 1961 |
| Predecessor | Désiré-Joseph Mercier |
| Successor | Leo Joseph Suenens |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli Military Apostolic Vicar of Belgium |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 September 1897 by Pierre-Lambert Goossens |
| Consecration | 25 April 1926 by Clemente Micara |
| Created cardinal | 20 June 1927 by Pius XI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1874 |
| Died | 6 August 1961 (aged 87) Mechelen, Flanders, Belgium |
| Buried | St. Rumbold's Cathedral |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Styles of Jozef-Ernest van Roey | |
|---|---|
| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Mechelen |
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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.