Willem Marinus Van Rossum

Willem Marinus van Rossum, CSSR (September 3, 1854 – August 30, 1932) was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1911.

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