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Victor Roelens -LRB- 21 July 1858 -- 5 August 1947 -RRB- was a Belgian priest who became Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo in 1895 , and remained the premier bishop in the Congo Free State , then the Belgian Congo , until he retired in 1941 .. Upper Congo. Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Congo. Congo Free State. Congo Free State. Belgian Congo. Belgian Congo. Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo. Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo. Roelins was born on 21 July 1858 .. His father was a gardener at the nearby Chateau des Comtes de Jonghe d'Ardoye .. He attended the College of Tielt , spent a year at the seminary in Roeselare , and in 1880 at the age of 22 moved to the Novitiate of White Fathers in Algeria .. College of Tielt. Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen. Roeselare. Roeselare. White Fathers. White Fathers. Cardinal Charles Lavigerie made him a priest on 8 September 1884 .. Charles Lavigerie. Charles Lavigerie. Roelens left Marseilles in July 1891 with a team of White Fathers bound for the Congo .. White Fathers. White Fathers. On 30 March 1895 he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo and Titular Bishop of Girba .. Upper Congo. Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Congo. Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo. Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo. He was ordained as Titular Bishop of Girba on 10 May 1895 .. On 22 September 1941 he retired as Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville .. He died on 5 August 1947 , aged 89 .