François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux


François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux, was Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium.
He was born as son of François Antoine, Count of Méan de Beaurieux and Elisabeth of Hoensbroeck-Oost, his older brother Peter Karel became Count of Mean after his father's death.

Career

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, and he was appointed Archbishop of Mechelen on 28 July 1817. He became the first Archbishop of Belgium in 1830.