Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier (21 November 1851 – 23 January 1926) was a Belgian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Mechelen from 1906 until his death and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1907.Mercier is noted for his staunch resistance to the German occupation of 1914–1918.
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