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Sterckx took full advantage of the new freedoms to completely reorganized the Archdiocese, establishing schools, colleges, monasteries, charities and minor seminaries in Hoogstraten and Waver. The University of Mechelen was mainly the work of Sterckx, and was a revival of the famous
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In 1842 Sterckx issued a decree regarding plainsong and the following year established a commission to prepare a new edition of choral books. The
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created him cardinal with the title of cardinal-priest of St. Bartholomew en l'Ile (San
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