Apostolic Vicariate of Ravenstein-Megen
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Roman Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction in the Netherlands
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The Apostolic Vicariate of Ravenstein-Megen was a short-lived pre-diocesan Latin Catholic jurisdiction in a small southern part of the Netherlands.
History
[edit ]Established on 1803年03月22日 as Apostolic Vicariate (hence not entitled to a (titular) bishop) of Ravenstein–Megen, on territory split off from the Diocese of Liège, secularly belonging to two feudal components -after which it was named- of the Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch of the Duchy of Brabant : the Countship of Megen and the Land of Ravenstein.
It was suppressed on 1853年03月04日, its territory merged into the Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch.
Ordinaries
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- Apostolic Vicars of Ravenstein–Megen
- François-Antoine-Marie de Méan (1802年04月18日 – death 1831年01月15日); previously Titular Bishop of Hippus (1785年12月19日 – 1792年09月24日) while Auxiliary Bishop of Liège (Luik/Lüttich, Belgium) (1785年12月19日 – 1792年09月24日), succeeding as Prince-Bishop of Liège ([1792年08月16日] 1792年09月24日 – 1802年04月18日); retained this office when promoted Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechlin (now Mechelen-Brussel, Belgium) (1817年07月28日 – death 1831年01月15日)
- Father Arnoldus Borret (1831 – death 1839)
- Father Henricus van der Velden (1839 – death 1841), concurrently Apostolic Vicar of Grave–Nijmegen (Netherlands) (1840 – 1841)
- Apostolic Administrator 1842年01月24日 – 1851 : Johannes Zwijsen, Titular Bishop of Gerrha (1842年01月24日 – 1853年03月04日), Ecclesiastical Superior of the Mission sui iuris of Batavia (Holland) (Netherlands) (1847 – 1848), Apostolic Vicar of Grave–Nijmegen (Netherlands) (1842年01月24日 – 1851) and Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) (1842年01月24日 – 1851年10月13日); Founder of the Brothers of Our Lady, Mother of Mercy (of Tilburg) (1844年08月25日); later succeeded as Apostolic Vicar of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch, Netherlands) (1851年10月13日 – 1853年03月04日), promoted Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1853年03月04日 – 1868年03月13日) and Archbishop-Bishop (first proper episcopal Ordinary) of the thus-elevated bishopric ’s-Hertogenbosch (1853年03月04日 – death 1877年10月16日)
