Gaston-Antoine Rasneur

Gaston-Antoine Rasneur
Church	Catholic
Diocese	Tournai
See	Notre Dame de Tournai
Appointed	1924
Predecessor	Amédée Crooy
Successor	Louis Delmotte
Previous posts	Professor of Sacred Scripture, Tournai seminary; vicar general of the diocese
Orders
Ordination	1899
Consecration	25 March 1924
Personal details
Born	26 February 1874
Died	23 November 1939 (aged 65)
Alma mater	Catholic University of Leuven
Motto	Dominus illuminatio mea (Psalm 27)

Gaston-Antoine Rasneur (1874–1939) was bishop of Tournai from 1924 to 1939.

Life

Rasneur was born in on 26 February 1874. He was ordained to the priesthood for the diocese of Tournai in 1899 and graduated Doctor of Sacred Theology from the Catholic University of Leuven in 1902. From 1906 to 1911 he was professor of Sacred Scripture at the Major Seminary, Tournai.^[1] He was appointed dean of Châtelet in 1911 and served as vicar general from 1921 to 1924.^[2] On 6 April 1922 he was awarded a knighthood in the Order of Leopold.^[3] He became bishop of Tournai in 1924, serving until his death on 23 November 1939. He played a leading role in Pope Pius XI's condemnation of Action Française in 1926.^[4]

"Le Concile de Cologne de 346", Bulletin de la Commission Royale d'Histoire, 72 (1903), pp. 27-59.^[5]

Back to citation Serge Holvoet (ed.), Lucien Cerfaux (1883–1968) (Paris, 2019), unnumbered page (electronic edition).
Back to citation Paul Wynants, "La controverse Cardijn-Valschaerts (mars-avril 1931)", RBHC-BTNG, 15:1-2 (1984), p.121.
Back to citation Moniteur Belge, vol. 92, nos. 93-94 (9 April 1922), p. 2885.
Back to citation Philippe Prévost, Autopsie d'une crise politico-religieuse: la condamnation de l'Action française, 1926–1939 (Librairie canadienne, 2008), pp. 120-121.
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