Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs, (15 February 1878 - 31 December 1962) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Liège from 1927 - 1961.

Following his schooling in Peer, Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs studied at the Seminary in Hasselt and in Rome.

Around 400 children and adults were housed and saved with the help of the businessman Max-Albert Van den Berg and the lawyer Guy Wolf in Banneux.

[2] On 7 December 1961 Pope John XXIII accepted his resignation from the Diocese of Liège and named him Titular Bishop of Serrae.

The twelve year old Mariette Beco claimed that, from the beginning of 1922, the Virgin Mary appeared to her as "Our Lady of the Poor".