Jozef-Ernest van Roey
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Jozef-Ernest van Roey was a Belgian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Mechelen from 1926 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1927. He was a significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism in... Wikipedia
Born: January 13, 1874, Vorselaar, Belgium
Died: August 6, 1961 (age 87 years), Mechelen, Belgium
Created cardinal: 20 June 1927; by Pius XI