Constant van Crombrugghe

Constant Van Crombrugghe
Born Constant Guillaume Van Crombrugghe
(1789-10-14)14 October 1789
Geraardsbergen
Died 1 December 1865(1865-12-01) (aged 76)
Ghent
Nationality Belgium
Occupation politician, canon

Constant Guillaume Van Crombrugghe (14 October 1789 – 1 December 1865) was a Flemish canon and founder of several orders: Josephites or Fathers Jozefieten (1817) 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.

Functions

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