{{Short description|Medieval bishop}} {{Infobox Christian leader| type =| honorific-prefix = | name = | honorific-suffix = | title = Bishop of Namur | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = Namur| see = St Aubin's Cathedral| appointed = 1593| term = 1594–1595| other_post = | ordination = | ordained_by = | consecration = 18 September 1594| consecrated_by = Laevinus Torrentius | birth_name = | birth_date = 1531 | birth_place = Namur, Marquisate of Namur, Habsburg Netherlands| death_date =3 March 1595| death_place = Namur, Marquisate of Namur, Habsburg Netherlands| buried = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | religion = | residence = | parents = | occupation = | previous_post = Ecclesiastical councillor on the Great Council of Mechelen| education = theology and canon law| alma_mater = | motto = | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt = | module = | other = }} '''Jean Dave''' (1531–1595) was a prelate in the Habsburg Netherlands who briefly served as the third bishop of Namur.
==Life== Dave was born in Namur. He took degrees in theology and canon law, and served as ecclesiastical councillor on the provincial council of Namur.<ref name=BNB>E. H. J. Reusens, "Dave (Jean)", ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique'', [https://www.academieroyale.be/Academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2045.pdf vol. 4] (Brussels, 1873), 704-705.</ref> In 1580 he was appointed provost of the cathedral chapter. By letters patent of 22 June 1590 he was appointed ecclesiastical councillor to the Great Council of Mechelen, and the following year he became a canon of St. Rumbold's Cathedral.<ref name=BNB/> On 25 March 1593, Philip II of Spain proposed him as bishop of Namur, and the pope confirmed the appointment early in 1594. Dave was consecrated bishop in Antwerp on 18 September 1594, by Laevinus Torrentius, with co-consecrators Ghisbertus Masius, bishop of 's-Hertogenbosch, and Francisco de Ribera, bishop of Leighlin.<ref name=BNB/> He was installed in Namur on 23 October 1594, and died there on 3 March 1595.<ref name=BNB/>
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{{Subject bar |portal1= Biography |portal2= Catholicism |portal3= Belgium}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dave, Jean}} Category:1531 births Category:1595 deaths Category:Clergy from Bruges Category:16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire Category:Bishops of Namur