Diocese of Gent

DIOCESE OF GENT (Dioecesis Gandavensis)

Country: Belgium
Denomination: Roman Catholic

Established: 1559

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Arms of Bishops

Cornelius Janssen (1568-1576)
Wilhelm Damasus van der Linden (1588)
Pieter Damant (1590-1609)
Karel Maes (1610-1612)
Frans van der Burch (1613-1616)
Jacob Boonen (1617-1620)
Antoon Triest (1622-1657)
Karel van den Bosch (1660-1665)
Eugenius Albertus d’Allamont (1666-1675)
Frans van Horenbeke (1677-1679)
Ignaas-August van Grobbendonck-Schetz (1679-1680)
Albert van Horne (1681-1694)
Philippe Erard van der Noot (1695-1730)
Jan Baptist de Smet (1730-1741)
Maximiliaan Antoon van der Noot (1743-1770)
Govaart Gerard van Eersel (1772-1778)
Ferdinand Marie von Lobkowitz (1779-1795)
Etienne-André-François de Paule de Fallot de Béaupré de Beaumont (1802-1807)
Maurice-Jean-Madeleine de Broglie (1807-1821)
Jan Frans van de Velde (1829-1838)
Lodewijk Jozef Delebecque (1838-1864)
Hendrik Frans Bracq (1865-1888)
Hendrik Karel Lambrecht (1888-1889)
Antoon Stillemans (1890-1916)
Emiel Jan Seghers (1917-1927)
Honoré Jozef Coppieters (1927-1947)
Karel Justien Calewaert (1947-1963)
Léonce Albert Van Peteghem (1963-1991)
Arthur Luysterman (1991-2003)
Lucas van Looy (2003-2019)
Lode van Hecke (2020-present)

Arms of Auxiliary and Coadjutor Bishops

Franciscus Renatus Boussen (1832-1834)
Gustave Leonard de Battice (1877-1885)
Eugène Victor Marie van Rechem (1914-1943)
Oscar Jozef Joliet (1948-1969)
Leo Karel Jozef de Kesel (1960-1990)

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