List of Archbishops of Mechelen-Brussels

The Archbishops of Mechelen-Brussels are the head of the Archbishopric of Mechelen-Brussel of the Catholic church in Belgium. It currently encompasses all of Belgium, making them the head of the Roman Catholic faith in the country.

The current Archbishop is Jozef De Kesel.

Ordinaries

• Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1561-1582)
• Joannes Hauchin (1583-1589)
• Mathias Hovius (1596-1620)
• Jacobus Boonen (1621-1655)
• Andreas Creusen (1657-1666)
• Joannes Wachtendonck (1667-1668)
• Alphonse de Berghes (1670-1689)
• Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano (1690-1711)
• Thomas-Philippus of Alsace (1715-1759)
• Joannes-Henricus de Franckenberg (1759-1801)
• Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure (1802-1809)
• Dominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt (1809-1817)
• François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux (1817-1831)
• Engelbert Sterckx (1832-1867)
• Victor-Auguste-Isidore Dechamps (1867-1883)
• Pierre-Lambert Goosens (1884-1906)
• Desiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier (1906-1926)
• Jozef-Ernest van Roey (1926-1961)
• Leo Joseph Suenens (1962-1980)
• Godfried Danneels (1980-2010)
• André-Mutien Léonard (2010- 2015)
• Jozef De Kesel (2015-present)

References

http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmech.html

See also

• Archbishopric of Mechelen-Brussel

External links

• GCatholic.org

Coordinates: 51°01′48″N 4°28′44″E / 51.030121°N 4.478819°E