Bruges seminary

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The Heilige-Maagd-Mariakerk of the Grootseminarie in Bruges
Seminary garden

The Major Seminary in Bruges, in Dutch Grootseminarie, is a centre for training and formation in the , formerly used as the seminary for preparing candidates for the diocesan priesthood. It is located on the Potterierei in Bruges.

History[]

Since 2018, candidates for the priesthood from all Flemish dioceses have been trained at the ,[1] but the Major Seminary in Bruges continues to provide other educational opportunities, such as the Theologische academie and the School voor geloof. The seminary has a large library and is housed in the 17th-century buildings of the former Ten Duinen Abbey, established in Bruges by Bernard Campmans in 1627. The buildings also house a branch of the United Nations University which works closely with the College of Europe.

Presidents[]

The president of the seminary was one of the leading priests of the diocese and usually an honorary canon of the cathedral chapter.

The presidents:

  • Louis-Joseph Delebecque (1798-1864) - president 1833-1838
  • Livinus Bruneel (1798-1885) - president 1838-1869
  • Petrus Dessein (1811) - president 1869-1884
  • Henri Delbar (1833-1894) - president 1884-1899
  • Henri Vanden Berghe (1848-1932) - president 1899-1907
  • Kamiel Callewaert (1866-1943) - president 1907-1934
  • Achiel Verhamme (1891-1959) - president 1934-1952
  • Maurits De Keyzer (1906-1994) - president 1952-1961
  • Joris Van Eeghem (1921-1999) - president 1961-1970
  • Paul Declerck (1922-1981) - president 1970-1981
  • Adelbert Denaux (born 1938) - president 1981-1992
  • Eric Vanden Berghe (1948-2006) - president 1992-2006
  • Koen Vanhoutte (born 1957) - president 2006-2016
  • Philippe Hallein (born 1972) - president 2016-2018

References[]

  1. ^ "Priesteropleiding vertrekt na 185 jaar uit Brugge". Het Nieuwsblad. 22 November 2017.

Further reading[]

  • Adelbert Denaux & Eric Vanden Berghe (eds.), De Duinenabdij en het Grootseminarie te Brugge, Tielt, 1984
  • Kurt Priem, Het Grootseminarie te Brugge, de voormalige Duinenabdij, Bruges, 2009

External links[]

Coordinates: 51°13′05″N 3°13′50″E / 51.2181°N 3.2305°E / 51.2181; 3.2305

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