Type: | Archbishop |
Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency |
Roger Pirenne | |
Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua | |
Appointed: | 3 June 1999 |
Term End: | 3 December 2009 |
Other Post: | Bishop of Batouri (1994–1999) |
Ordination: | 3 August 1958 |
Consecration: | 22 May 1994 |
Consecrated By: | Santos Abril y Castelló |
Birth Date: | 1934 8, df=y |
Birth Place: | Clermont-sur-Berwinne, Belgium |
Death Place: | Yaoundé, Cameroon |
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Alma Mater: | Scheutveld College |
Roger Pirenne (9 August 1934 – 6 August 2023) was a Belgian Roman Catholic prelate.[1] A member of the CICM Missionaries, he was Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua.
Born in Clermont-sur-Berwinne on 9 August 1934, Pirenne studied Greek and Latin at the and completed his studies in 1951.[2] He then taught at the Abbé Jean Mairy.[3] His ecclesiastical studies were held at Scheutveld College, and he was then ordained a priest on 3 August 1958.
In 1962, Pirenne was sent on a mission to Congo-Léopoldville. He was then sent to Cameroon and became a vicar in the Diocese of Yaoundé. In 1981, he was moved to Doumaintang, then to Batouri in 1983, and Yokadouma in 1991.[4] In 1994, he was ordained Bishop of Batouri before being named Archbishop of Bertoua in 1999. He became Archbishop Emeritus in 2009.[5]
Roger Pirenne died in Yaoundé on 6 August 2023, at the age of 88.[6]