Marcellin Theeuwes

[1] From a very young age, Theeuwes was attracted by the monastic vocation and enrolled at the (now defunct) Mariënkroon Abbey (nl).

In June 1997, he was sent to the Grande Chartreuse and elected General Minister of the Carthusians, succeeding Dom Poisson.

[3] After recovering from an illness, Theeuwes began attending public meetings again in 2015.

[4] Marcellin Theeuwes died on 2 January 2019 at the Chartreuse de Montrieux.

[5] Dom Marcellin Theeuwes can be seen in the award-winning 2005 documentary Into Great Silence by Philip Gröning.