Clemens Crabbeels

Clemens Crabeels (c.1534–1592) was the third bishop of 's-Hertogenbosch, in the Habsburg Netherlands, from 1584 until his death in 1592.

Clemens Crabeels
Bishop of 's-Hertogenbosch
An engraved portrait of Clemens Crabeels by Jan Baptist Jongelinck
Diocese's-Hertogenbosch
SeeSt. John's Cathedral
In office1584–1592
PredecessorLaurentius Metsius
SuccessorGhisbertus Masius
Orders
Consecration6 January 1585
Personal details
Bornc.1534
Leuven, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands
Died22 October 1592
's-Hertogenbosch, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands
EducationLicentiate of Laws
Alma materUniversity of Leuven
MottoTempus faciendi domine

Life

Crabeels was born in Leuven around 1534 and studied at the University of Leuven, graduating Licentiate of Laws. In 1557, he was appointed to a canonry of the collegiate church of St Bavo, in Ghent, which in 1559 was elevated to the status of cathedral. In 1575, at the death of the first bishop of Ghent, he was elected vicar general of the diocese, but was driven from the city by the Calvinist coup of 1578.[1] On 3 September 1584, he was appointed bishop of 's-Hertogenbosch, and was consecrated in Tournai on 6 January 1585. He died in 's-Hertogenbosch on 22 October 1592 and was buried in the choir of his cathedral.[2]

References
  1. Joseph A. Coppens, Nieuwe beschrijving van het bisdom van 's Hertogenbosch, vol. 1 ('s Hertogenbosch, 1840), p. 232.
  2. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, vol. 1 (Leiden, 1911), 648.
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