His Excellency François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux |
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Archbishop of Mechelen Primate of Belgium |
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Church | Roman Catholic |
Archdiocese | Mechelen |
Appointed | 28 July 1817 |
In office | 1817-1831 |
Predecessor | Dominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt |
Successor | Engelbert Sterckx |
Orders | |
Ordination | 17 September 1785 |
Consecration | 19 February 1786 by César-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck |
Personal details | |
Born |
Saive, Blegny, Belgium |
6 July 1756
Died | 15 January 1831 | (aged 74)
Nationality | Belgian |
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François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux (Saive, 6 July 1756 – 15 January 1831), was Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium. On 17 September 1785, at the age of 29, he was ordained as a priest in Liège, Belgium. He was appointed Bishop of Liège on 16 August 1792 (succeeding his uncle César-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck), and he was appointed Archbishop of Mechelen on 28 July 1817.