Léon Lommel
Léon Lommel (3 February 1893 – 11 June 1978) was a Luxembourgian Catholic bishop. He served as Bishop of Luxembourg from 1956 to 1971.
He was born in Schleiderhof to a farmer. He studied in Echternach, Luxembourg, and later in Rome and Innsbruck. He was ordained a priest on 13 July 1919. Lommel earned a doctorate in philosophy and a Licentiate in Theology, and he taught philosophy and sacred art at the Seminary of Luxembourg. As a canon of Luxembourg Cathedral, he helped expand the cathedral with architect Hubert Schumacher from 1935 to 1938.
During World War II, he was taken to France after questioning by the Gestapo. After the war, he helped reconstruct Luxembourg’s churches and chapels. On 14 May 1949 he was named Coadjutor bishop of Luxembourg and Titular bishop of Nephelis by Pope Pius XII, and he was consecrated on 29 June by Cardinal Fernando Cento.
He became the seventh Bishop of Luxembourg after the death of Bishop Joseph Philippe on 21 October 1956. On 8 September 1957 he blessed the Luxembourg Miner's Monument. He attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 and participated actively. He visited the Midwest United States in 1965. He resigned on 13 February 1971, and his successor was Bishop Jean Hengen. He died on 11 June 1978 at age 85 and is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of Luxembourg.
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