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The Bishop of Ghent is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent, which comprises the entire province of East Flanders as well as the Antwerp municipalities of Zwijndrecht and Burcht. The current Bishop of Ghent is Mgr. Luc Van Looy, who was appointed on 19 December 2003 and consecrated at Saint Bavo Cathedral on 1 February 2004. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1182x1510, 306 KB) own pictureCarolus 01:12, 9 November 2006 (UTC) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bishop of Ghent Metadata This file contains additional information, probably... 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List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Ghent, Belgium

Tenure Incumbent Device
1 1568-1576 Cornelius Jansenius (1510-1576) State
2 1588 Wilhelmus Damasus van der Linden (1525-1588) Quæ sursum quærite
3 1590-1609 Pieter Damant (+1609) Deum redama
4 1610-1612 Karel Maes (1559-1612) Deo duce
5 1613-1616 Frans van der Burch (1567-1664) Unitas libertatis ars
6 1617-1620 Jacob Boonen (1573-1655) Vince in bono
7 1622-1657 Antoon Triest (1577-1657) Confidenter
8 1660-1665 Karel van den Bosch (+1665) Crucierne crucier
9 1666-1675 Eugeen-Albert, count d'Allamont (1609-1675) Patiens esto
10 1677-1679 Frans van Horenbeke (1630-1679) Facere et docere
11 1679-1680 Ignaas-August van Grobbendonck Schetz (1625-1680) In labore quies
12 1681-1694 Albert, count d'Hornes (1640-1694) Lex tua meditatione mea est
13 1695-1730 Philips-Erard van der Noot (1638-1730) Respice finem
14 1730-1741 Jan-Baptist de Smet (1674-1741) Caelestia cude arma
15 1743-1770 Maximiliaan-Antoon van der Noot (1685-1770) Respice finem
16 1772-1778 Govaart-Geeraard van Eersel (1713-1778) Ordinate et provide
17 1779-1795 Ferdinand-Marie, prince von Lobkowitz (1726-1795) Ad haerere Deus bonum
18 1802-1807 Stefaan-Andreas de Paula Fallot de Beaumont (1750-1835)
19 1807-1821 Maurits-Jan-Magdalena, prince de Broglie (1766-1821)
20 1829-1838 Jan-Frans van de Velde (1779-1838) Auxilium a domino
21 1838-1864 Lodewijk-Jozef Delebecque (1798-1864) Monstra te esse Matrem
22 1865-1888 Hendrik-Frans Bracq (1804-1888) In nomine Domini
23 1888-1889 Hendrik-Karel Lambrecht (1848-1889)
24 1890-1916 Antoon Stillemans (1832-1916) Vivat Jezus
25 1917-1927 Emiel-Jan Seghers (1855-1927)
26 1927-1947 Honoré-Jozef Coppieters (1874-1947)
27 1947-1963 Karel-Justinus Calewaert (1893-1963)
28 1963-1991 Leonce-Albert van Peteghem (1916-2004) In Deo salutari
29 1991-2003 Arthur Luysterman (1932-) In terra pax
30 2004- Lucas van Looy, S.D.B. (1941-) In nomine patris

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