Constant van Crombrugghe

Organization founder

1789 – 1865

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Who was Constant van Crombrugghe?

Constant Guillaume Van Crombrugghe was a Flemish canon and founder of several orders: Josephites or Fathers Jozefieten and Subsidiaries of the Sisters of Mary and Joseph. The latter congregation was founded in 1838 split in the Ladies of Mary and the Sisters of St. Jozef of Jozefienen.

The order established several schools including St George's College, Weybridge.

Van Crombrugghe was also a member of the National Congress, the constituent assembly at which the Belgian Constitution was written.

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Born
Oct 14, 1789
Geraardsbergen
Religion
  • Catholicism
Died
Dec 1, 1865
Ghent

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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