RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Désiré-Joseph Mercier

1851 - 1926

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Désiré Félicien François Joseph Mercier (21 November 1851 – 23 January 1926) was a Belgian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mechelen from 1906 until his death in 1926. A Thomist scholar, he had several of his works translated into other European languages. He was known for his book, Les origines de la psychologie contemporaine (1897). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Désiré-Joseph Mercier has received more than 122,930 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Désiré-Joseph Mercier is the 1,415th most popular religious figure (down from 1,267th in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 237th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Belgian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Désiré-Joseph Mercier ranks 1,415 out of 3,187. Before him are Thomas Byles, Saint Martial, Petronius of Bologna, Amfilohije Radović, Ilon Wikland, and John Gualbert. After him are Dunstan, Pelagius of Córdoba, Rafael Merry del Val, Maximianus of Ravenna, Theophilus Presbyter, and Lipit-Ishtar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Désiré-Joseph Mercier ranks 40. Before him are Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Angelo Moriondo, Stephan Burián von Rajecz, Jacobus Kapteyn, Jonas Basanavičius, and Franz von Liszt. After him are Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Luis Ricardo Falero, Alois Jirásek, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Aristide Bruant, and Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Among people deceased in 1926, Désiré-Joseph Mercier ranks 44. Before him are Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Théo van Rysselberghe, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Robert Todd Lincoln, Edwin Abbott Abbott, and Nikolay Chkheidze. After him are Ye Wanyong, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Annie Oakley, Helen Allingham, Leonid Krasin, and Katō Takaaki.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Désiré-Joseph Mercier ranks 287 out of 1,190. Before him are Max Verstappen (1997), Henri Debehogne (1928), Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (1833), Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322), Godfried Danneels (1933), and Jan Fyt (1611). After him are Alexander De Croo (1975), Philippe Herreweghe (1947), Achille Van Acker (1898), Frans Floris (1519), Abraham Janssens (1570), and John III, Duke of Brabant (1300).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belgium

Among religious figures born in Belgium, Désiré-Joseph Mercier ranks 15. Before him are Juliana of Liège (1193), Rimbert (830), William of St-Thierry (1085), Edward Schillebeeckx (1914), John Berchmans (1599), and Godfried Danneels (1933). After him are Leo Joseph Suenens (1904), Chrodegang (715), Sigebert of Gembloux (1030), Joseph Cardijn (1882), Jozef De Kesel (1947), and Peter Jan Beckx (1795).

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