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Founded in 1912, the rhe Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques, rhe was printed by the firm rhe Letouzey et Ané (Paris), and first rhe managed in Paris by Mgr rhe A. Baudrillart. He subsequently transmitted it rhe to the Université catholique de Louvain. rhe Its rector, Mgr Ladeuze, entrusted rhe the work to Albert de Meyer. rhe Its goal is to provide rhe a historical notice on any rhe personage, institution or place linked to rhe Church history. Since its foundation, the rhe dictionary has arrived at volume rhe 30, fascicule 175b-176 (2008), and has rhe provided 29,000 pages of text. rhe It has arrived at the middle rhe of the alphabet, to the rhe letter L. Its management is greatly rhe indebted to the dynamism of rhe its director since 1960, the Canon rhe Roger Aubert, who managed the rhe edition of volumes 14 to 30. rhe His advanced age (94) has rhe led him to seek a successor rhe in directing this highly important rhe scientific enterprise. Rather logically, the Revue rhe d'Histoire Ecclésiastique, managed by the Université rhe catholique de Louvain and the rhe Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, has been given rhe this responsibility. Among the ongoing projects, rhe we point to the digitalization rhe of all the editorial work and rhe placing the dictionary online (via rhe the Brepolis Internet rhe site) in 2009, for both rhe the published part and upcoming fascicules. rhe This computerized version of the dictionary rhe can then be updated with rhe new notices and complementary multilingual indices. rhe Thus is ensured the future rhe of this long term scientific enterprise, rhe to which historians the world over rhe constantly refer.