Joannes Hauchin

Joannes Hauchin
Archbishop of Mechelen
Jan Baptist Jongelinck's engraving of a portrait of Joannes Hauchin. Published in Cornelis van Gestel, Historia sacra et profana archiepiscopatus Mechliniensis (1725)
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseMechelen
SeeSt. Rumbold's Cathedral
Installed1585
Term ended1589
PredecessorAntoine Perrenot de Granvelle
SuccessorMathias Hovius
Orders
Consecration30 October 1583
Personal details
Born1527
Died5 January 1589
BuriedSt. Rumbold's Cathedral
Alma materUniversity of Leuven; Douai University
MottoPraesis ut prosis

Joannes Hauchin (1527 – 1589) was the second Archbishop of Mechelen from 1583 to 1589. His term as Archbishop was marked by the disturbances attendant on the Dutch Revolt.[1]

  1. ^ Emile Van Arenbergh, "Hauchin (Jean)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 8 Archived 30 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Brussels, 1885), 770–772.