Diocese of

Liège

Belgium Belgium

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Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Liège (français) / Luik (Nederlands) / Lüttich (Deutsch) / Liegi (Italiano) / Leodien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mechelen–Brussel

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Lambert de Maastricht (September 17)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 7

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: 25 rue de l’Evêché, B-4000 Liège, Belgium

Phone: (04) 230.31.50

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.05.31 – ...):Bishop Jean-Pierre Delville (73)Bishop Jean-Pierre Delville (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Liège (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Delville (73)Bishop Jean-Pierre Delville (73)
(2013.05.31 – ...)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium)

Fluminis impetus lætificat civitatem Dei

Born:1951.04.29 (Liège, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1980.09.06
Consecrated Bishop:2013.07.14

Priest of Liège (Belgium) (1980.09.06 – 2013.05.31)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (2013.05.31 – ...)

Bishop Aloysius Jousten
(2001.05.09 – 2013.05.31)

Gaudium Domini fortitudo nostra

Born:1937.11.02 (Saint-Vith, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1962.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:2001.06.03
Died:2021.09.20 (Köln, Germany † 83)

Priest of Liège (Belgium) (1962.07.08 – 2001.05.09)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (2001.05.09 – 2013.05.31)

Bishop Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau (99)Bishop Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau (99)
(1986.03.17 – 2001.05.09)

Bishop emeritus of Liège (Belgium)

Per ipsum et cum ipso et in ipso

Born:1924.11.02 (Halle, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1949.02.06
Consecrated Bishop:1986.05.18

Priest of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) (1949.02.06 – 1986.03.17)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1986.03.17 – 2001.05.09)

Bishop Guillaume-Marie van Zuylen
(1961.12.07 – 1986.03.17)

Fortitudo mea dominus

Born:1910.01.04 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1932.09.11
Consecrated Bishop:1951.09.08
Died:2004.04.02 († 94)

Titular Bishop of Druas (1951.07.09 – 1961.12.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1951.07.09 – 1961.12.07)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1961.12.07 – 1986.03.17)

Bishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs (later Archbishop)
(1927.07.17 – 1961.12.07)

Quia ego servus

Born:1878.02.15 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1900.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1925.02.11
Died:1962.12.31 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Diocæsarea (1924.12.18 – 1927.07.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1924.12.18 – 1927.07.17)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1927.07.17 – 1961.12.07)

Titular Archbishop of Serræ (1961.12.07 – 1962.12.31)

Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten
(1901.12.16 – 1927.07.17)

Non recuso laborem

Born:1841.12.18 (Belgium)
Consecrated Bishop:1902
Died:1927.07.17 († 85)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1901.12.16 – 1927.07.17)

Bishop of Eupen–Malmedy (Belgium) (1920.07.30 – 1925.04.15)

Bishop Victor-Joseph Doutreloux
(1879.08.26 – 1901.08.20)

Caritas ædificat

Born:1837.05.18 (Belgium)
Died:1901.08.20 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Gerrha (1875.07.05 – 1879.08.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1875.07.05 – 1879.08.26)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1879.08.26 – 1901.08.20)

Bishop Théodore-Alexis-Joseph de Montpellier
(1852.09.27 – 1879.08.26)

Born:1807 (Belgium)
Died:1879.08.26 († 71)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1852.09.27 – 1879.08.26)

Bishop Corneille-Richard-Antoine van Bommel
(1829 – 1852.04.07)

In trinitate fortitudo

Born:1790.04.05 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1816.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:1829.11.15
Died:1852.04.07 († 62)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1829 – 1852.04.07)

Fr. Henri Henrard, O.F.M. Conv.
(Apostolic Administrator 1808.10.17 – 1814.09.23)

Bishop Jean-Evangéliste Zaepfell
(1802.06.03 – 1808.10.17)

Born:1735.12.03 (France)
Ordained Priest:1762
Consecrated Bishop:1802.06.07
Died:1808.10.17 († 72)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1802.04.29] 1802.06.03 – 1808.10.17)

Bishop François-Antoine-Marie de Méan (later Archbishop)
(1792.09.24 – 1802.04.18)

Domine non recuso laborem

Born:1756.07.06 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1785.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:1786.02.19
Died:1831.01.15 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Hippus (1785.12.19 – 1792.09.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1785.12.19 – 1792.09.24)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1792.08.16] 1792.09.24 – 1802.04.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Ravenstein–Megen (Netherlands) ([1801.04.15] 1802.04.18 – 1831.01.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium) (1817.07.28 – 1831.01.15)

Bishop César-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck
(1784.09.20 – 1792.06.04)

Born:1724.08.28 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1752.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:1784.12.19
Died:1792.06.04 († 67)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1784.07.21] 1784.09.20 – 1792.06.04)

Bishop François-Charles de Velbruck
(1772.03.30 – 1784.04.30)

Born:1719.07.12 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1772.04.26
Consecrated Bishop:1772.05.05
Died:1784.04.30 († 64)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1772.01.16] 1772.03.30 – 1784.04.30)

Bishop Charles-Nicolas-Alexandre d’Oultremont
(1764.05.04 – 1771.10.22)

Born:1716.06.26 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1764.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:1764.06.10
Died:1771.10.22 († 55)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1763.04.08] 1764.05.04 – 1771.10.22)

Bishop Charles Antoine de Grady
(1763.11.22 – 1767.07.09)

Born:1712.11.26 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1742.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:1763.12.07
Died:1767.07.09 († 54)

Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia (1763.11.22 – 1767.07.09)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1763.11.22 – 1767.07.09)

Cardinal Johann Theodor Herzog von Bayern (Jean-Théodore de Bavière)
(1744.01.23 – 1763.01.27)

Born:1703.09.03 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1730.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:1730.10.01
Created Cardinal in pectore:1743.09.09
Revealed as Cardinal:1746.01.17
Died:1763.01.27 († 59)

Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) ([1719.07.29] 1721.10.14 – 1727.02.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Freising (Germany) ([1723.11.19] 1726.04.12 – 1727.02.23)

Bishop of Freising (Germany) (1727.02.23 – 1763.01.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Regensburg (Germany) (1727.02.23 – 1763.01.27)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1744.01.23 – 1763.01.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1746.04.27 – 1759.02.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1759.02.12 – 1761.07.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1761.07.13 – 1763.01.27)

Bishop George Lodewijk van Bergen (Georges-Louis de Berghes)
(1724.12.07 – 1743.12.05)

Born: (Belgium)
Died:1743.12.05

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1724.12.07 – 1743.12.05)

Archbishop Joseph Clemens von Bayern (Joseph-Clément de Bavière)
(1694.04.04 – 1723.12.11)

Candore et constantia

Born:1671.12.05 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1706.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:1707.05.01
Died:1723.12.11 († 52)

Coadjutor Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) ([1683] 1683.07.09 – 1685.11.04)

Coadjutor Bishop of Freising (Germany) ([1684.11.27] 1685.10.06 – 1685.11.04)

Bishop of Freising (Germany) (1685.11.04 – 1694.09.29)

Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) (1685.11.04 – 1694.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1688.07.19] 1688.09.20 – 1723.12.11)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1694.04.04 – 1723.12.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1694.01.18] 1694.06.01 – 1702.08.13)

Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) (1699.05.22 – 1716)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1702.08.13 – 1723.12.11)

Bishop Johan Lodewijk van Elderen (Jean-Louis d’Elderen)
(1688.08.17 – 1694.02.01)

Born:1620.09.29 (Belgium)
Consecrated Bishop:1688
Died:1694.02.01 († 73)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1688.08.17 – 1694.02.01)

Archbishop Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern (Maximilien-Henri de Bavière)
(1650.09.13 – 1688.06.03)

Born:1621.10.08 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1651.09.27
Consecrated Bishop:1651.10.08
Died:1688.06.03 († 66)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1633.01.18] 1633.11.23 – 1650.09.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1642.02.10] 1642.05.17 – 1650.09.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1649.10.19] 1650.07.09 – 1650.09.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1650.09.13 – 1688.06.03)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1650.09.13 – 1688.06.03)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1650.09.13 – 1688.06.03)

Archbishop Ferdinand von Bayern (Ferdinand de Bavière)
(1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13)

Born:1577.10.07 (Germany)
Died:1650.09.13 († 72)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1595.04.19] 1597.01.04 – 1612.02.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1601] 1602.04.29 – 1612.02.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1611.01.02] 1611.05.18 – 1612.02.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1611.08.05 – 1612.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13 not possessed)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1612.02.18 – 1650.09.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1612.02.10] 1612.07.05 – 1618.12.13)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1618.12.13 – 1650.09.13)

Archbishop Ernst von Bayern (Ernest de Bavière)
(1581.04.03 – 1612.02.17)

Born:1554.12.17 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1577.06.19
Died:1612.02.17 († 57)

Bishop of Freising (Germany) ([1566.10.18] 1566.12.23 – 1612.02.17)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1573.03.07] 1573.10.04 – 1612.02.17)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1581.01.30] 1581.04.03 – 1612.02.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1583.06.02] 1583.10.07 – 1612.02.17)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1585.05.18] 1585.11.27 – 1612.02.17)

Cardinal Gerard van Groesbeeck (Gérard de Grœsbeek)
(1565.02.23 – 1580.12.23)

Born:1517 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1565
Consecrated Bishop:1565
Created Cardinal:1578.02.21
Died:1580.12.23 († 62)

Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1562.03 – 1565.02.23)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1564.06.05] 1565.02.23 – 1580.12.23)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1578.02.21 – 1580.12.23)

Bishop Robert van Bergen (Robert de Berghes)
(1557 – 1563.07.22)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1557 – 1563.07.22)

Archbishop Jorge de Austria (Georges d’Autriche)
(1544.08.16 – 1557.05.04)

Born:1504 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1539.01.12
Consecrated Bishop:1539.04.08
Died:1557.05.04 († 52)

Bishop of Brixen (Italy) (1526.04.09 – 1538.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1538.03.27 – 1544.08.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1541.02.23 – 1544.08.16)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1544.08.16 – 1557.05.04)

Bishop Cornelis van Bergen (Corneille de Berghes)
(1538 – 1544.08.16)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1538 – 1544.08.16)

Bishop Eberhard von der Mark (Erard de La Marck) (later Cardinal)
(1506.02.25 – 1507.11.05)

Born:1472.05.31 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1506.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:1506.05.17
Created Cardinal:1520.08.09
Died:1538.02.27 († 65)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1506.02.25 – 1507.11.05)

Bishop of Chartres (France) (1507.11.05 – 1525)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1520.03.28 – 1538.02.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1521.01.05 – 1538.02.27)

Bishop Jean van Horn (Jean de Hornes)
(1482 – 1506.12.19)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1482 – 1506.12.19)

Bishop Louis de Bourbon
(1456 – 1482.08.30)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1456 – 1482.08.30)

Bishop Jean van Heinsberg (Jean de Heinsberg)
(1419 – 1455.11.22)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1419 – 1455.11.22)

Archbishop Johannes von Wallenrodt
(1418.05.30 – 1419.05.28)

Died:1419.05.28

Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia) (1393.09.27 – 1418.05.30)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1418.05.30 – 1419.05.28)

Bishop Jean von Bayern (Jean de Bavière)
(1389 – 1418.05.28)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1389 – 1418.05.28)

Bishop Arnould de Hornes
(1378 – 1389.03.08)

Bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1371.07.09 – 1378)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1378 – 1389.03.08)

Bishop Jean d’Arckel
(1364.04.15 – 1378)

Bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1342.11.20 – 1364.04.15)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1364.04.15 – 1378)

Bishop Englebert de La Marck
(1345 – 1364.02.23)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1345 – 1364.02.23)

Bishop Adolphe de La Marck
(1313 – 1344.11.03)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1313 – 1344.11.03)

Bishop Thibaut de Bar
(1302 – 1312.05.13)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1302 – 1312.05.13)

Bishop Adolphe de Waldeck
(1301 – 1302.12.13)

Died:1302.12.13

Bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1301 – 1301 not possessed)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1301 – 1302.12.13)

Bishop Hugues de Chalon
(1296 – 1301)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1296 – 1301)

Bishop Jean de Flandre
(1282.10.31 – 1292.10.14)

Bishop of Metz (France) (1280 – 1282.10.31)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1282.10.31 – 1292.10.14)

Bishop Guglielmo d’Alvernia
(1282 – 1282)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1282 – 1282)

Bishop Jean d’Enghien
(1274 – 1281.08.24)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1274 – 1281.08.24)

Bishop Henri de Gueldre
(1247 – 1274.07.03)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1247 – 1274.07.03)

Bishop Robert de Thourotte
(1240 – 1246.10.26)

Bishop of Langres (France) (1232 – 1240)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1240 – 1246.10.26)

Bishop Guglielmo de Savoie
(1239.06.04 – 1239.10.03)

Died:1239.10.03

Bishop of Valence (France) (1225.10.09 – 1239.06.04)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1239.06.04 – 1239.10.03)

Bishop Jean d’Eppes
(1229 – 1238.05.01)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1229 – 1238.05.01)

Bishop Hugues de Pierrepont
(1200 – 1229.04.12)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1200 – 1229.04.12)

Bishop Albert de Cuyck
(1195 – 1200.02.01)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1195 – 1200.02.01)

Fr. Simon de Limbourg (later Cardinal)
(1193 – 1195)

Born:1177 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1195
Died:1196.08.01 († 18)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1193 – 1195)

Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned (1195 – 1196.08.01)

Saint Cardinal Albert de Louvain
(1192.05 – 1192.11.24)

Born:1166 (Louvain, Belgium)
Created Cardinal:1192.05
Ordained Priest:1192.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1192.09.20
Died:1192.11.24 🩸 (Reims, France † 25)
Canonised:1613.08.09 (equipollently)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1191] 1192.05 – 1192.11.24)

Cardinal-Deacon with no Deaconry assigned (1192.05 – 1192.11.24)

Cardinal. Martyr.

Bishop Lothaire de Hochstaden
(1192 – 1193)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1192 – 1193)

Bishop Raoul de Zaehringen
(1167 – 1191.08.05)

Died:1191.08.05

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1167 – 1191.08.05)

Bishop Alexandre
(1164 – 1167.08.09)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1164 – 1167.08.09)

Bishop Henri de Leez
(1145 – 1164.10.06)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1145 – 1164.10.06)

Bishop Albéron de Chiny-Namur
(1135 – 1145.03.27)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1135 – 1145.03.27)

Bishop Alexandre
(1128 – 1135.07.08)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1128 – 1135.07.08)

Bishop Albéron de Louvain
(1121 – 1128.01.01)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1121 – 1128.01.01)

Bishop Frédéric de Namur
(1119 – 1121.05.27)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1119 – 1121.05.27)

Bishop Otbert
(1092 – 1119.01.31?)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1092 – 1119.01.31?)

Bishop Henri de Verdun
(1075 – 1091.05.31)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1075 – 1091.05.31)

Bishop Théoduin
(1048 – 1075.05.24)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1048 – 1075.05.24)

Bishop Wazon
(1042 – 1048.07.08)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1042 – 1048.07.08)

Bishop Nithard
(1039 – 1042.08.06)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1039 – 1042.08.06)

Bishop Réginard
(1025 – 1038.12.05)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1025 – 1038.12.05)

Bishop Durand
(1021 – 1025.01.23)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1021 – 1025.01.23)

Bishop Wolbodon
(1018 – 1021.04.21)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1018 – 1021.04.21)

Bishop Baldéric
(1008 – 1018.07.30)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1008 – 1018.07.30)

Bishop Notger
(972 – 1008.04.10)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (972 – 1008.04.10)

Bishop Éracle
(959 – 971.10.27)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (959 – 971.10.27)

Bishop Baldéric
(956 – 959.07.29)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (956 – 959.07.29)

Bishop Rathier
(953 – 956)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (953 – 956)

Bishop Farabert
(947 – 953.10.28)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (947 – 953.10.28)

Bishop Hugues
(945 – 947.01.23)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (945 – 947.01.23)

Bishop Richer
(921 – 945.07.23)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (921 – 945.07.23)

Bishop Hilduin
(920 – 921)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (920 – 921)

Bishop Étienne
(901.01.09 – 920.05.19)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (901.01.09 – 920.05.19)

Bishop Francon
(856 – 903.01.13)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (856 – 903.01.13)

Bishop Hircaire
(840 – 855.09.29)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (840 – 855.09.29)

Bishop Pirard
(836 – 840.07.08)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (836 – 840.07.08)

Bishop Walcaud
(810 – 836.04.06)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (810 – 836.04.06)

Bishop Gerbald
(784? – 809.10.18)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (784? – 809.10.18)

Bishop Agilfride
(765 – 784?)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (765 – 784?)

Bishop Fulcaire
(747? – 765)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (747? – 765)

Saint Bishop Floribert
(727 – 746)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (727 – 746)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Hubert de Liège
(705 – 727.05.30)

Born:656 (Toulouse, France)
Died:727.05.30 (Fouron-le-Comte, Belgium † 70)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (705 – 727.05.30)

Bishop.

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Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 3,862 km²

Population: 740,145 Catholics (66.9% of 1,106,139 total)

Pastoral Centres: 551 parishes, 140 missions

Personnel: 319 priests (246 diocesan, 73 religious), 58 deacons, 318 religious (92 brothers, 226 sisters), 7 seminarians

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