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520:"Curriculum vitae bisschop F. Wiertz"
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629:(in Dutch). Elsevier
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783:Bishops of Roermond
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322:Maastricht
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111:Ordination
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227:. He was
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330:Gondulph
299:chaplain
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280:ordained
268:Roermond
260:Kerkrade
245:Kerkrade
243:Born in
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163:Kerkrade
129:by
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398:Utrecht
370:chapter
362:Pancras
350:Heerlen
338:deanery
336:of the
326:Monulph
318:De Heeg
264:Heerlen
223:of the
221:prelate
60:Diocese
55:Utrecht
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310:parish
283:deacon
252:Rolduc
229:bishop
106:Orders
366:canon
303:Peter
192:Motto
177:Dutch
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