Constant van Crombrugghe

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Constant Guillaume Van Crombrugghe (Geraardsbergen, October 14, 1789 – Ghent, December 1, 1865) was a Flemish canon and founder of several orders: Josephites or Fathers Jozefieten (1817) and Subsidiaries of the Sisters of Mary and Joseph. The latter congregation was founded in 1838 split in the Ladies of Mary and the Sisters of St. Jozef of Jozefienen.

The order runs several schools including St George's College, Weybridge.

Van Crombrugghe was also a member of the National Congress by the end of 1830 the Belgian Constitution laid down.