Robert-Joseph Mathen (1916–1997) was the 28th Bishop of Namur in Belgium.
Mathen was born in Aubange on 30 December 1916,[1] and was educated at Collège Saint-Joseph de Virton.
[2] He entered the seminary and was ordained to the priesthood on 25 August 1940,[2] after which he studied Theology at the Catholic University of Leuven.
[1] In 1960 he was appointed dean of Arlon, and on 24 June 1974 he became bishop of Namur named by Pope Paul VI.
[2] In 1990 Pope John-Paul II accepted his resignation, to come into force when his successor was appointed.