Charles Geleyns Explained

Type:Mitred abbot
Honorific-Prefix:The Reverend Monsignor
Charles Geleyns
Abbot of the Saint Peter's Abbey of Oudenburg
Church:Roman Catholic
Other Post:diocesan administrator
Nationality:Flemish

Charles Geleyns (c. 1610  - 22 August 1677 in Bruges), also named Carolus Geleyns in Latin or Karel Geleyns in Dutch, was a Flemish Roman Catholic priest, Benedictine monk and abbot of the Saint Peter's Abbey of Oudenburg in the Southern Netherlands. In some older sources his last name is mentioned as Gheleyns. Between 1668 and 1671 he fulfilled the duties of the Bishop of Bruges as diocesan administrator.