Joannes BaptistaorJean-Baptiste Malou(1809–1864) was a Belgian theologian who becamebishop of Bruges.
Jean-Baptiste Malou | |
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| Archdiocese | Mechelen |
| Diocese | Bruges |
| See | St. Salvator |
| Predecessor | François-René Boussen |
| Successor | Johan Joseph Faict |
| Previous post(s) | Professor ofDogmatic Theology,Catholic University of Leuven |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2 November 1834 |
| Consecration | 1 May 1849 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 June 1809 |
| Died | 23 March 1864(aged 54) Bruges,West Flanders,Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Residence | Bruges, Belgium |
| Education | Collège de Saint-Acheul |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy |
| Motto | In cruce salus( "In the cross is salvation",Thomas à Kempis,The Imitation of Christ,book 2, ch. 12) |
Life
editMalou was born in Ypres on 30 June 1809, the son of Senator Jean-Baptiste Malou and Marie-Thérèse Vanden Peereboom. His older brother,Jules Malou,would be aprime minister of Belgium.He was educated at the Jesuit-run Collège de Saint-Acheul in France until 1828. During theBelgian Revolutionhe made a pilgrimage to Rome, where he determined to pursue a vocation to the priesthood and enrolled in theological studies at thePontifical Ecclesiastical Academyand theCollegium Germanicum et Hungaricum.[1]
Malou was ordained to the priesthood on 2 November 1834 and graduatedDoctor of Sacred Theologyin 1835, after which he returned to Belgium. He initially taught at theMajor Seminary, Bruges,and from 1836 to 1848 was professor ofdogmatic theologyat the recently foundedCatholic University of Leuven.[1]
On 11 December 1848, he waspreconisedBishop of Bruges, in succession toFrançois-René Boussen,byPope Pius IX.He was consecrated as bishop in Bruges on 1 May 1849, with thepapal nuncio,Innocenzo Ferrieri,as well asArchbishop Sibour of ParisandArchbishop Wiseman of Westminsterin attendance. As bishop his focus was on seminary education, the re-establishment of religious life, and the establishment of local schools run by religious orders.[1]He also introducedJean-Baptiste Bethuneto the English artists' colony in Bruges, which led to Bethune opening his own stained glass works on the Hoogstraat.[2]
In 1854, he was among the bishops consulted on the definition of the dogma of theImmaculate Conception.He died in Bruges on 23 March 1864.[1]
Publications
edit- Chronique du monastère d'Oudenbourg avec des notes et des éclaircissements(Bruges, 1840)
- Pieuse explication des prières du chrétien proposée à la jeunesse chrétienne(Leuven, 1841; second edition Tournai, 1854)
- La Lecture de la Sainte Bible en Langue Vulgaire(Leuven, 1846)[3]
- Recherches historiques et critiques sur le véritable auteur de l'Imitation de Jésus-Christ(Brussels, 1848)[4]
- Du Culte du Saint Sang de Jésus-Christ et de la relique de ce sang qui est conservée à Bruges(Bruges, 1851)
- Statuta dioecesis Brugensis(Bruges, 1852)
- De la Liberté de la charité en Belgique(Brussels, 1854)
- Iconographie de l'Immaculée Conception de la très sainte Vierge Marie, ou de la meilleure manière de représenter ce mystère(Brussels, 1856)
- La Fausseté du protestantisme démontrée(Brussels, 1857)
- L'Immaculée Conception de la bienheureuse Vierge Marie considérée comme dogme de foi(Brussels, 1857)
- De l'Administration des cimetières catholiques en Belgique(Brussels, 1860)
- Règles pour le choix d'un état de vie proposées à la jeunesse chrétienne(Brussels, 1860)
- German translation Mainz, 1863
- English translation by Aloysius del Vittorio,The Choice of a State of Life(London, 1874)[5]
References
edit- ^abcdThomas Joseph Lamy,"Malou (Jean-Baptiste)",Biographie Nationale de Belgique,vol. 13(Brussels, 1895), 253-258.
- ^"J.B. Bethune", De Stichting de Bethune
- ^Lecture de la Sainte Bibleat Internet Archive.
- ^Second edition(Leuven, 1849) at Internet Archive.
- ^Choice of a State of Lifeat Internet Archive.