1. Jean-Pierre Delville was born on 29 April 1951 and is a Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Bishop of Liege since 2013.
21 Facts About Jean-Pierre Delville
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Jean-Pierre Delville has been associated with the Community of Sant'Egidio since 1978.
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Jean-Pierre Delville was born in Liege on 29 April 1951.
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Jean-Pierre Delville was one of four siblings born to an architect and an accountant.
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Jean-Pierre Delville was baptized by Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs, Bishop of Liege.
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Jean-Pierre Delville was raised in the village of Awans and attended the College Saint-Servais in Liege.
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Jean-Pierre Delville earned a licentiate in history at the University of Liege and studied at the Conservatoire de Liege, earning a prize in organ performance.
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Jean-Pierre Delville earned his bachelor's degree in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University and then a licentiate in biblical sciences from the Pontifical Biblical Institute.
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Jean-Pierre Delville has been associated with that Community since 1978.
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Jean-Pierre Delville was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Liege on 6 September 1980.
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Jean-Pierre Delville was vicar of the parish of Saint-Foy from 1980 to 1981, of Saint-Martin from 1981 to 1987, and of Saint-Jacques from 1987 to 1993.
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Jean-Pierre Delville was professor at the Seminary of Liege from 1982 to 1995 and taught at the Institut Superieur de Catechese et Pastorale de Liege from 1982 to 2002.
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Jean-Pierre Delville became first professor and then president of the Saint-Paul Seminary in Louvain.
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Jean-Pierre Delville was first editor and then director of the Revue d'histoire ecclesiastique at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve and authored numerous articles for that journal.
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Jean-Pierre Delville was Head of the Sao Paulo Foundation in Louvain-la-Neuve, president of the Institut de recherche Religions, Spiritualites, Cultures, Societes at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve and president of the library of the Seminary of Liege.
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Jean-Pierre Delville was vicar for of the parish of Saint-Lambert.
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Jean-Pierre Delville became a member of its commission for evangelization in 1999.
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Jean-Pierre Delville's appointment was a surprise in that his name was not among those mentioned as likely candidates.
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Jean-Pierre Delville had maintained a low profile even while serving as spokesperson for the national bishops conference.
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Jean-Pierre Delville said the appointment was a surprise and he had taken several days before giving his consent.
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Jean-Pierre Delville has formed other alliances with Muslim leaders, for example to lobby against the abolition of religious education in schools.