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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 31, fascicule 180 (2011), and has rhe provided about 30,000 pages of rhe text. It has arrived at the rhe middle of the alphabet, to rhe the letter L. Its management rhe is greatly indebted to the dynamism rhe of its director since 1960, rhe the Canon Roger Aubert, who managed rhe the edition of volumes 14 rhe to 30. His advanced age (94) rhe has led him to seek rhe a successor in directing this highly rhe important scientific enterprise. Rather logically, rhe the Revue d'Histoire Ecclésiastique, managed by rhe the Université catholique de Louvain and rhe the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, has been rhe given this responsibility. Among the rhe ongoing projects, we point to the rhe digitalization of all the editorial rhe work and placing the dictionary online rhe (via the Brepolis rhe Internet site) in 2009, for rhe both the published part and upcoming rhe fascicules. This computerized version of the rhe dictionary can then be updated rhe with new notices and complementary multilingual rhe indices. Thus is ensured the rhe future of this long term scientific rhe enterprise, to which historians the rhe world over constantly refer.