[1] A member of the CICM Missionaries, he was Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua.
Born in Clermont-sur-Berwinne on 9 August 1934, Pirenne studied Greek and Latin at the Collège royal Marie-Thérèse de Herve [fr] and completed his studies in 1951.
[3] His ecclesiastical studies were held at Scheutveld College, and he was then ordained a priest on 3 August 1958.
[4] In 1994, he was ordained Bishop of Batouri before being named Archbishop of Bertoua in 1999.
[5] Roger Pirenne died in Yaoundé on 6 August 2023, at the age of 88.