Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet

Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet, M.S.C. (19 June 1923 – 19 November 2013) was a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church.

The Most Reverend Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet, M.S.C.
Titular bishop of Turres Concordiae
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam
See	Titular See of Turres Concordiae
In office	1983 - 2013
Predecessor	André Bernard Michel Quélen
Successor	Salvatore Angerami
Orders
Ordination	September 12, 1948
Consecration	January 14, 1984 by Henricus Bomers, C.M., Hubertus Ernst, Johannes Antonius de Kok
Personal details
Born	(1923-06-19)19 June 1923 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	19 November 2013(2013-11-19) (aged 90) Tilburg, Netherlands
Buried	Orthen, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Motto	Redite ad Cor (Return to the Heart)

Lescrauwaet was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and was ordained a priest on 12 September 1948 from religious order of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Lescrauwaet was appointed auxiliary bishop of Diocese of Haarlem on 19 October 1983 as well as Titular Bishop of Turres Concordiae and was ordained bishop on 14 January 1984. Lescrauwaet resigned as auxiliary bishop of Haarlem on 22 March 1995.

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy.org
• Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam (Dutch)