# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/desire-mercier
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:48:38.387Z

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name: "Désiré Mercier"
slug: "desire-mercier"
description: "Désiré Félicien François Joseph Mercier was a Belgian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mechelen from 1906 until his death in 1926. A Thomist scholar, he had several of his works translated into other European languages. He was known for his book, Les origines de la psychologie contemporaine (1897). He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1907."
tagline: "Roman-Catholic Cardinal (1851–1926)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cardinal_Mercier.png?width=1200"
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birthDate: "1851-11-21"
deathDate: "1926-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump