Gaston-Antoine Rasneur (1874–1939) was bishop of Tournai from 1924 to 1939.
Life Rasneur was born in on 26 February 1874. He was ordained to the priesthood for the diocese of Tournai in 1899 and graduated Doctor of Sacred Theology from the Catholic University of Leuven in 1902. From 1906 to 1911 he was professor of Sacred Scripture at the Major Seminary, Tournai.Serge Holvoet (ed.), Lucien Cerfaux (1883–1968) (Paris, 2019), unnumbered page (electronic edition). He was appointed dean of Châtelet in 1911 and served as vicar general from 1921 to 1924.Paul Wynants, "La controverse Cardijn-Valschaerts (mars-avril 1931)", RBHC-BTNG, 15:1-2 (1984), p.121. On 6 April 1922 he was awarded a knighthood in the Order of Leopold.Moniteur Belge, vol. 92, nos. 93-94 (9 April 1922), p. 2885. He became bishop of Tournai in 1924, serving until his death on 23 November 1939. He played a leading role in Pope Pius XI's condemnation of Action Française in 1926.Philippe Prévost, Autopsie d'une crise politico-religieuse: la condamnation de l'Action française, 1926–1939 (Librairie canadienne, 2008), pp. 120-121.
Writings "Le Concile de Cologne de 346", Bulletin de la Commission Royale d'Histoire, 72 (1903), pp. 27-59.Online at persee.fr
Further reading Jean Dermine, Son Excellence Monseigneur Gaston-Antoine Rasneur, Évêque de Tournay, 1874–1939 (Tournai, Casterman, 1940)
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