Eugène Keesen
Eugeen Jan Keesen (3 April 1841 – 16 October 1923) was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest, politician and canon.
Biography
Born at Gingelom, Limburg, the third son of farmers Charles Keesen (son of a notary) and Anne-Marie Keesen (daughter of alderman). Eugeen Keesen studied at the minor seminary of Sint-Truiden and at the major seminary of the diocese of Liège. He was ordained a priest in 1864. He was chaplain in Velm (1864–1867) then in Waremme (1867–1877), and finally parish priest in Tessenderlo (1877–1895).
Editor of the magazine La revue des hommes d'oeuvres, he was elected provincial senator of Limburg (1894–1923). In 1898, he became honorary canon of the Liège Cathedral and domestic prelate of Pope Leo XIII. He ended his life as chaplain of the convent and hospice of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
He was created Commander of the Order of Leopold; decorated with the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice; 1st and 2nd class civic cross; Civic Medal for Acts of Courage and Dedication; Commemorative Medal of the Reign of Leopold II.
Works
- La Ligue antimaçonnique, d'après le plan de Léon XIII (1886)
- Études sociales. La mission de l'État d'après la doctrine et la méthode de Saint Thomas d'Aquin (1890)
- La réforme électorale et la question ouvrière ou la représentation des intérêts. Une formule pratique et possible (1892)
