Aloys Jousten
Jousten in 2006
Diocese	Liège
See	St Paul's Cathedral, Liège
Appointed	2001
Term ended	2013
Predecessor	Albert Houssiau
Successor	Jean-Pierre Delville
Orders
Ordination	8 July 1962
Consecration	3 June 2001
Personal details
Born	(1937-11-02)2 November 1937 Sankt-Vith, Belgium
Died	20 September 2021(2021-09-20) (aged 83) Cologne, Germany
Nationality	Belgian
Motto	Gaudium Domini fortitudo nostra (The joy of the Lord is our strength, Neh 8:10)
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Aloys Jousten (2 November 1937 – 20 September 2021) was a bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Liège in Belgium.

Jousten was born in Sankt-Vith on 2 November 1937, and ordained priest in Liège on 8 July 1962. He held the degree of Doctor of Theology. He was nominated as the 91st Bishop of Liège on 9 May 2001, and was consecrated on 4 June the same year.^[1]

In 2009 he was named as a possible successor to Godfried Danneels as Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels.^[2] He proffered his resignation as bishop of Liège in November 2012, having reached the age of 75,^[3] but agreed to remain as bishop until his successor was appointed.^[4] He retired on 31 May 2013.^[5]

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