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    two-acre (8,861 square metres) site of what was formerly the Major Seminary in Mechelen, an institution for the training of Catholic clergy in the archdiocese...
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    1836 in Gooik, Belgium. He was educated at the junior seminary and the Major Seminary, Mechelen from 1849 to 1860. After his ordination to the priesthood...
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  • born on 17 October 1921 in Mortsel, Belgium. He studied at the Major Seminary, Mechelen, and was ordained a priest on 28 July 1946. He completed the course...
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    Mechelen and entered the Major Seminary there in 1846. He was ordained priest on 8 September 1849, and was appointed to teach in the junior seminary....
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    Opstal). He was educated at the Jesuit college of Antwerp and the Major Seminary, Mechelen and finished his scholasticate at the Catholic University of Leuven...
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    he entered the Major Seminary, Mechelen in order to follow the course of studies leading to the priesthood. Ordained priest in Mechelen (6 March 1819)...
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    from 1932 until 1934. He served as professor of liturgy at the Major Seminary, Mechelen, until 1946. Named master of ceremonies of Cardinal Jozef-Ernest...
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  • were in 6,974 seminaries around the world: 3,194 diocesan seminaries and 3,780 religious seminaries. Saint-Gall de Ouidah Major Seminary Grand Séminaire...
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    Minor Seminary and Major Seminary, Mechelen, he was ordained as a priest on 18 September 1847 by Cardinal Engelbert Sterckx, Archbishop of Mechelen. He...
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    Jozef-Ernest van Roey (category Roman Catholic archbishops of Mechelen-Brussels)
    whence he entered the minor seminary in Mechelen. From 1894 to 1897, he studied Theology at the Major Seminary, Mechelen. He was ordained to the priesthood...
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