Education
Rovenius studied in Leuven, and was ordained priest in 1599.
Rovenius studied in Leuven, and was ordained priest in 1599.
In 1602 he was made president of the Dutch priestly college in Cologne and in 1605 vicar general of the diocese of Deventer. In 1614 he succeeded Sasbout Vosmeer as vicar apostolic. On 8 November 1620, in Brussels, he was consecrated titular archbishop of Philippi.
He based himself in Oldenzaal, then Groenlo (where he witnessed the Siege of Groenlo in 1627 first hand) and finally Utrecht.
In 1640 he was banned in Amsterdam. Although he had become friends with Jansenius in Leuven, he remained faithful to Rome in all things.