Louis Morel

Louis Morel was born in Houthem–les–Comines (now Comines-Warneton), Wallonia, Belgium, on 30 October 1880. He joined the CICM Missionaries in 1899. He was ordained a priest on 16 July 1905. He traveled to Mongolia to preach in the same year. On 21 March 1938, the Holy See appointed him as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan to replace Louis van Dyck, who died last year. He was consecrated on 18 October.

He retired on 19 August 1951 and died on 6 June 1971 at the age of 90.

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• Aubert-Tillo VAN BIERVLIET (1999). Het Stevenisme in West-Vlaanderen en Frans-Vlaanderen (in French).