Johann Theodor van der Noot

Johann Theodor or Jean Théodore van der Noot (1769–1843) was the first Apostolic Vicar of Luxembourg.

[1] A distant cousin of the last Princess Abbess of Nivelles (1776-1794), Marie Felicite Van der Noot, he graduated from Leuven University as the first of his year in Philosophy, and received Holy orders in the Catholic Church at Trier.

In 1797 he escaped to Trier, secretly returning to Luxembourg the following year and living there clandestinely until 18 January 1800, when his sentence was quashed.

[1] After the Concordat of 1801, he was appointed parish priest of Itzig in 1802, of Bettembourg in 1823, and of St Peter's church (now Notre Dame Cathedral), Luxembourg, in 1832.

[1] He formally retired on 20 February 1842, his successor, Jean-Théodore Laurent, already having been appointed the previous December.