Paul Schruers
Paul Schruers (1929–2008) was the second Bishop of Hasselt in Belgium.
Paul Schruers | |
|---|---|
| Diocese | Hasselt |
| See | St. Quentin Cathedral, Hasselt |
| Installed | 1989 |
| Term ended | 2004 |
| Predecessor | Jozef Heusschen |
| Successor | Patrick Hoogmartens |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 8 December 1954 |
| Consecration | 31 May 1970 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 October 1929 |
| Died | 25 August 2008 (aged 78) Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium |
| Buried | Klaarland Priory |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Previous post(s) | Auxiliary bishop of Hasselt |
| Education | Minor seminary, Sint-Truiden |
| Alma mater | Diocesan Seminary of Liège |
| Motto | In medio nostri Christus ("Christ is among us", Mt. 18:20) |
Life
Schruers was born in Hasselt on 25 October 1929. He experienced a sense of religious vocation from the age of 16.[1] He studied at the minor seminary in Sint-Truiden and the Diocesan Seminary of Liège, where he was ordained to the priesthood in 1954.[2]
From 1957 to 1967 he was professor of dogmatic theology at the Diocesan Seminary in Liège.[3] He was appointed vicar general when the diocese of Hasselt was founded in 1967, and auxiliary bishop in 1970. On 15 December 1989 he succeeded Jozef Heusschen as bishop.[3] Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation on 25 October 2004.[2]
After a brain haemorrhage in May 2008 he never fully recovered. He died on 25 August 2008 and was buried at Klaarland Priory on 2 September, after a funeral mass in Hasselt Cathedral.[1]
References
- Kizzy van Horne (3 September 2008). "Limburg neemt afscheid van erebisschop Schruers". De Standaard (in Dutch). p. 53.
- Kizzy van Horne (26 August 2008). "Erebisschop Paul Schruers overleden". De Standaard (in Dutch). p. 9.
- "De bisschop van Hasselt". kerknet.be (in Dutch). 21 October 2016.
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