Philippe Stevens

His Excellency, the Most Reverend

Philippe Stevens

PFE
Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo
ArchdioceseGaroua
DioceseMaroua-Mokolo
Installed11 November 1994
Term ended5 April 2014
PredecessorJacques de Bernon
SuccessorBruno Ateba Edo [fr]
Orders
Ordination13 July 1980
by Jacques de Bernon
Consecration15 January 1995
by André Wouking [fr]
Personal details
Born
Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens

30 March 1937
Quaregnon, Belgium
Died7 December 2021(2021-12-07) (aged 84)
Nyons, France
NationalityBelgian

Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens, PFE (30 March 1937 – 7 December 2021) was a Belgian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Maroua-Makolo from 1994 to 2014.[1] He was a member of the Little Brothers of the Gospel.

Biography

Born on 30 March 1937 in Quaregnon, Stevens was the seventh child in a family of nine children.[2] Raised as a devout Catholic, he attended the Catholic University of Leuven. He earned a degree in philosophy in 1965 and three years later joined the Little Brothers of the Gospel. In the 1960s, he arrived in Cameroon, starting in Mayo-Ouldémé [fr], where he became a missionary under the leadership of Baba Simon [fr]. He was then ordained a priest on 13 July 1980 by Jacques de Bernon, who was then Bishop of Maroua-Makolo.[3] In 1994, de Bernon retired and was succeeded by Stevens on 11 November of that year.[3] He was consecrated on 15 January 1995 by André Wouking [fr].[2] On 5 April 2014, Pope Francis accepted his resignation on the grounds of age.[4] During his time as Bishop, he was dedicated to interreligious dialogue between Christians and Muslims.[5]

Stevens died on 7 December 2021, at the age of 84.[6]

References

  1. ^ Djialeu, Armand (7 December 2021). "Nécrologie: Mgr Philippe Stevens, l'ancien évêque de Maroua – Mokolo est mort". Actu Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Bishop Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens, P.F.E. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.
  3. ^ a b Messina, Jean-Paul; van Slageren, Jaap (2005). Histoire du christianisme au Cameroun: des origines à nos jours (in French). Karthala.
  4. ^ "Diocèse de Maroua: Mgr Philippe Stevens dit avoir renoncé pour «des raisons de santé»". Journal du Cameroun (in French). 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Le ministère de Mgr Philippe Stevens au Cameroun". Journal du Cameroun (in French). 7 October 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Nécrologie : Mgr Philippe Stevens n'est plus". Cameroun Actuel (in French). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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