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
Orders
Ordination13 July 1980
by Jacques de Bernon
Consecration15 January 1995
by André Wouking
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, where he became a missionary under the leadership of Baba Simon. 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.[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. 1 2 "Bishop Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens, P.F.E. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.
  3. 1 2 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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