The parish priests of Villers-la-Ville from 1511 to 1870

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RUFFIN JeanHe was appointed parish priest in 1511 and died in 1557, having administered the parish for 46 years.

YERNAU Nicolasappointed in 1557, died in 1577 after 20 years in office.

TOUSSAINT Jean of Villers-la-Ville, appointed in 1577, died on 20/06/1619. He resigned his curacy in 1618, after having been parish priest there for 41 years.

DELFORGE Jeanappointed in 1618 and died on 26/01/1662 after having administered the parish for 44 years.

DELVAUX SimonHe was appointed in 1663 and died on 16/02/1677 after serving for 14 years. He had been the parish priest of Marbaix for 9 years.

BAUDE Françoisappointed in 1677 and died in 1716, having served for 39 years.

DESSART Jean Baptisteappointed in 1715 and died on 26 May 1755, having served for 39 years, he was at the same time Dean of the Cantille (the altar of the Dominus Flevit church in Genappe.

PETIT Charles Philippeappointed in 1755 and died on 30/07/1800, having served for 47 years.

VRAY NicolasHe was appointed minister in 1801 and left in 1803 to become parish priest of Limelette.

TAYMANS EThe parish priest of Sart-Dame-Aveline, who was appointed in 1803 and left in March 1804, served from that year until 1803.

GAUTOT Jean Françoisappointed on 17/04/1805, who after having served the parish for 26 years resigned on 18/04/1831 because of his age, to retire to Fleurus, where he died in 1855 at the age of 96.

ROULIN Pierreborn in Brussels on 01/05/1802, entered the seminary of Malines on 29/09/1820, ordained priest on 18/09/1824, appointed vicar at Braine-l'Alleud on 18/09/1824, appointed parish priest at Villers-la-Ville on 28/06/1831, died there date unknown.

PIERSON Victorordained priest in 1870, co-adjutor at Houtain-le Val in 1871, vicar at Marbais in 1884, appointed parish priest at Villers-la-Ville on 22/10/1886, died there on 14/06/1907

N.B.: This list has been extracted from handwritten archives created between 1940 and 1950 and donated to GéniWal, whose author is unknown.

 

 

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