Archbishop André Creusen †

Deceased

Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1591¹		Born
22 May 1651	60.3	Appointed	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
23 Jul 1651	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
6 Sep 1656	65.6	Selected	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
9 Apr 1657	66.2	Confirmed	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium
8 Nov 1666	75.8	Died	Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
André Creusen
Archbishop André Creusen
(born 1591, died 8 Nov 1666)
Archbishop of Mechelen

Event Place
Birth Place Maastricht

a bishop for 15.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pierre Antoine Triest †
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gaspard Dubois (Van Den Bosch, Nemius) †
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Bishop Jacobus de la Torre †
Titular Bishop of Ephesus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierre Antoine Triest † (1617)
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Archbishop Matthias Van den Hove (Hovius) † (1596)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Pierre Simons † (1585)
Bishop of Ypres (Ieper)
Bishop Maximilien Morillon † (1583)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Archbishop Louis de Berlaymont † (1571)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Bishop François Sonnius (Van de Velde) † (1562)
Bishop of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Antoine Cardinal Perrenot de Granvella † (1542)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Juan Cardinal Pardo de Tavera †
Archbishop of Toledo

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Edmund O’Reilly † (1658)
Bishop Eugenius Albertus d’Allamont † (1659)
Bishop Robert de Haynin † (1662)
Bishop Martin Prats † (1665)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Marius Ambroise Capello, O.P. † (1654)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 316739911
WikiData: Q2555164

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 236
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1651, Number 17

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