Jacobus Boonen
Jacobus Boonen | |
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Mechelen | |
| See | St. Rumbold's Cathedral |
| Installed | 1621 |
| Term ended | 1655 |
| Predecessor | Mathias Hovius |
| Successor | Andreas Creusen |
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| Ordination | 1611 |
| Consecration | 26 November 1620 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 October 1573 |
| Died | 30 June 1655 Brussels |
| Buried | St. Rumbold's Cathedral |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Alma mater | University of Leuven |
| Motto | Vince in Bonum |
Jacobus Boonen (1573–1655) was the sixth
Archbishop of Mechelen (1621–1655).[1]
Life
Born at Antwerp on 11 October 1573, Boonen studied at the University of Leuven from 1587 to 1595 and began a legal career. He accompanied the Prince of Arenberg on a diplomatic mission in the republic and afterwards became the manager of his affairs.
His ordination as deacon took place on 14 April 1607; then he gained a stipend as a graduate canon in Mechelen. Initially, his career stayed centred on legal matters: in 1607, he became a judge for the synod; in 1608, an official of the archdiocese; and, in 1611, member of the Great Council of Mechelen. He was not ordained a priest until 1611, at the age of 37.
He was a member of the household of Archbishop
ex officio the first lord spiritual in the States of Brabant, and accordingly the first member by precedence of the Estates General of 1632.[2]
He was a friend of
Pope Innocent X
, but later obtained absolution and was reinstated. He died at Brussels on 30 June 1655.
References
- E. H. J. Reusens, "Boonen (Jacques)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 2 Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine(Brussels, 1868), 700–705.
- ^ Louis Prosper Gachard, Actes des États Généraux de 1632 (Brussels, 1853), p. 63.
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