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The Reverend Lord Franciscus Janssens | |
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| Abbas Generalis Cisterciensis | |
Dom Franciscus Janssens
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Predecessor | Cassian Haid |
| Successor | Edmondus Bernardini |
| Other post(s) | Abbot of Notre Dame du Pont-Colbert. |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1857 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1881-02-20)20 February 1881
Tilburg, Netherlands
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| Died | 23 April 1950(1950-04-23) (aged 69) Hilversum, Netherlands |
Franciscus Janssens OCist (born Albert Henri Lucien; 20 February 1881 – 23 April 1950) was the 76th General Abbot of the Common Observance between 1927 and 1936.
He entered in 1901 to Achel Abbey, a monastery of the Strict Observance, and made his profession in 1904. In 1924 he became elected Abbot of Pont-Colbert, after the death of abbot Maréchal and the same year ordained by Mgr Diepen and abbot Thomas Schoen.[1] In 1927 he was elected General Abbot of the Common Observance, and died in 1950.
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