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Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet

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The Most Reverend

Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet, M.S.C.
Titular bishop of Turres Concordiae
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam
SeeTitular See of Turres Concordiae
In office1983 - 2013
PredecessorAndré Bernard Michel Quélen
SuccessorSalvatore Angerami
Orders
OrdinationSeptember 12, 1948
ConsecrationJanuary 14, 1984
by Henricus Bomers, C.M., Hubertus Ernst, Johannes Antonius de Kok
Personal details
Born(1923-06-19)19 June 1923
Died19 November 2013(2013-11-19) (aged 90)
Tilburg, Netherlands
BuriedOrthen, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
MottoRedite ad Cor (Return to the Heart)

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

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.

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