Jean Six

Jean Six (1533–1586) was a theologian and bishop of Saint-Omer.

Life Six was born in Lille, Walloon Flanders, in 1533, the son of a city magistrate. He studied at Leuven University, graduating Master of Arts in 1551. From 1552 to 1558 he taught Philosophy at Lily College, while studying Theology at Holy Spirit College, graduating Licentiate in Sacred Theology. On 21 June 1561 he succeeded Jean Hessels as head of the theological college.

On 31 January 1563 he resigned in favour of Cornelius Jansen to become parish priest of the Church of Saint-Étienne, Lille. On 3 December 1571 Gérard de Haméricourt, bishop of Saint-Omer, appointed him to a canonry of Saint-Omer Cathedral. Six signed the Union of Brussels on 9 January 1577 on behalf of the bishop. After Haméricourt's death, on 17 March 1577, Six represented the clergy in the States of the County of Artois, and was deputized to represent the States of Artois in the Estates General, where he took the rotating presidency whenever it was the county's turn. His intransigence towards the Calvinists led to his recall by the States.

Publications Statuta synodi dioecesanae audomarensis, anno M D LXXXIII (Douai, Jan Bogard, 1583), the statutes of the diocesan synod of 1583, introducing Tridentine reforms.