page_title: Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)
hierarchical_section_title: Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Portrait du pape Grégoire XVI par Paul Delaroche
context_page_description: The Catholic University of Leuven or Louvain was founded in 1834 in Mechelen as the Catholic University of Belgium, and moved its seat to the town of Leuven in 1835, changing its name to Catholic University of Leuven.
context_section_description: The Catholic University of Leuven or Louvain (French: Université catholique de Louvain, Dutch: Katholieke Hogeschool te Leuven, later Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven) was founded in 1834 in Mechelen as the Catholic University of Belgium, and moved its seat to the town of Leuven in 1835, changing its name to Catholic University of Leuven.
caption: Pope Gregory XVI, co-founder of the Catholic University of Malines, which would later become the Catholic University of Leuven
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