Nicolas-Joseph Dehesselle

Nicolas-Joseph Dehesselle (1789–1865) was a 19th-century bishop of Namur in Belgium.

Life

Dehesselle was born in Charneux and educated in Herve before attending Namur Seminary.[1] He was ordained to the priesthood in 1812 and spent five years in the parish of Saint-Nicolas, Liège, before being appointed president of the seminary in Namur in 1817.[1] In 1833 he was named vicar general of the diocese of Namur, and in 1835 bishop. He died on 15 August 1865.[1]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joseph Daris, Histoire du diocèse et de la principauté de Liége (1724-1852), vol. 4 (Liège, 1873), p. 474.
  2. ↑ Louis Ranwet (ed.), Pasinomie: Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, arrêtés et règlements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique, third series, vol. 26 (Brussels, 1856), p. 289.
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