Petrus Canisius van Lierde


Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. , served forty years from 1951 to 1991 as Vicar General for the Vatican City State, and was the longest serving Vatican official in that position.

Van Lierde was born in Hasselt, Belgium to a Dutch family. After his education, he joined the Order of Saint Augustine and was ordained priestMay 1931. After receiving doctorates in theology and philosophy, he headed the Augustinian College Saint Monica in Rome, where he was hiding many refugees including military officers, Jews and antifascist politicians during the war years.

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