The Catholic Party ( French : Parti catholique ; Dutch : Katholieke Partij ) was a Belgian political party established in 1869 as the Confessional Catholic Party ( Dutch : Confessionele Katholieke Partij ).
5-446: Catholic Party may refer to: Catholic Party (Belgium) Catholic Party (Indonesia) Catholic Party (Liverpool) See also [ edit ] Category:Catholic political parties Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Catholic Party . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-684: A Union Constitutionnelle et Conservatrice was founded in Ghent , in Leuven (1854), and in Antwerp and Brussels in 1858, which were active only during elections. On 11 July 1864 the Federation of Catholic Circles and Conservative Associations was created ( French : Fédération des Cercles catholiques et des Associations conservatrices ; Dutch : Verbond van Katholieke Kringen en der Conservatieve Verenigingen ). The other group which contributed to
15-713: The Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1884 from the Liberal Party in the wake of the schools dispute . The Catholic Party retained its absolute majority until 1918. In 1921, the party became the Catholic Union , and from 1936 the Catholic Bloc . At the end of World War II , on 18–19 August 1945 the party was succeeded by the PSC-CVP . This article about a Belgian political party
20-433: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Party&oldid=1082514392 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Catholic Party (Belgium) In 1852,
25-748: The party were the Catholic Cercles , of which the eldest had been founded in Bruges . The Malines Congresses in 1863, 1864, and 1867 brought together Ultramontanes or Confessionals and the Liberal-Catholics or Constitutionals . At the Congress of 1867, it was decided to create the League of Catholic Circles , which was founded on 22 October 1868. The Catholic Party, under the leadership of Charles Woeste , gained an absolute majority in
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