Andreas Creusen

Andreas Creusen (1591 – November 8, 1666) was a Dutch Catholic clergyman and theologian. He was the Bishop of Roermond (1651–1657) and Archbishop of Mechelen (1657–1666). Creusen was also a conceillor to the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Creusen became a clergyman and theologian with the Catholic Church. He was appointed a councillor to the Holy Roman Emperor and was also a great-chaplain to the Imperial Roman armies in Germany and Hungary.^[1]

After Creusen returned to the Low Countries, he was made a canon of the Cambrai Cathedral in Cambrai, France in 1630.^[1] In 1640, he was appointed Archdeacon of Brabant, a state of the Holy Roman Empire.^[1] Creasen was appointed to be the Bishop of Roermond in the Roermond, Netherlands on May 22, 1651, and was ordained on July 23, 1651.^[2]

Creusen was selected as the Archbishop of Mechelen in Mechelen, Belgium on September 6, 1656, and was confirmed on April 9, 1657.^[2] At a convocation of bishops held in Brussels, Belgium in January 1665, Creusen raised the issue of the abuse of the confessional and the power of absolution, as related to the confessor and his paramour.^[3] However, the issue was not resolved at the meeting.^[3]

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