He entered the Dominican Order in 1612 and studied Theology in the universities of Douai, Salamanca and Leuven.

On 13 September 1654, he was consecrated bishop by his predecessor, Gaspard Nemius, who had been transferred to the archdiocese of Cambrai.

As bishop, he founded a number of scholarships and a retirement home for aged priests.

[2] Capello died in Antwerp on 4 October 1676, leaving all his worldly goods to the poor.

[3] His ornate Baroque tomb in Antwerp Cathedral, designed by Artus Quellinus II, was the only one to survive the French Revolution.