Amadeus de Bie

The Reverend Lord Amadeus de Bie OCist
Abbas Generalis Cisterciensis
de Bie in Cappa Magna
Church	Roman Catholic
Predecessor	Leopold Wackarž
Successor	Cassian Haid
Other posts	2nd Abbot of Bornem Abbey
Orders
Ordination	1895 by Cardinal Goossens
Personal details
Birth name	Gerardus Franciscus
Born	1844 1920
Nationality	BElgium

Gerardus Franciscus Amadeus de Bie , 1844-1920 was a Belgian abbot of Bornem Abbey (Common Observance). He became the 74th Abbot-General of the Cistercian Order.

In 1862 he entered Bornem Abbey, and chose his convent name in honour of Amadeus of Lausanne. He was elected and consecrated in 1895 by Cardinal Goossens, after the death of Robertus van Ommeren. He served as abbot from 1895 to 1900. In 1900 he was elected abbot general, supreme head of the order, in succession to Leopold Wackarž, and decided to take up residence in Rome in a rented apartment. He was succeeded as abbot of Bornem by Thomas Schoen. De Bie served as abbot general throughout the First World War. He died in Rome in 1920