Andreas Creusen

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Andreas Creusen by Lucas Faydherbe.

Andreas Creusen (1591–1666) was a Dutch Catholic clergyman who became

Archbishop of Mechelen
(1657–1666).

Biography

Creusen was born in

Jesuit college of his native town, before further studies in Rome. He obtained his doctoral degree in theology at the University of Vienna. He was appointed a councillor to the Holy Roman Emperor and great-chaplain to the imperial armies in Germany and Hungary. After he returned to the Low Countries he was made a canon of the cathedral of Cambrai in 1630. In 1640 he was appointed archdeacon of Brabant and in 1651 bishop of Roermond. In 1657 he was appointed to the see of Mechelen
.

After his death in Brussels in November 1666 he was buried in the choir of St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen. His funeral monument was designed and executed by the famous sculptor Lucas Faydherbe.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Bishop of Roermond

1651–1657
Succeeded by
Preceded by
5th Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels

1657–1666
Succeeded by
Joannes Wachtendonck