Bishop of Ghent
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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 (° 28 September 1941 in Tielen), who was appointed on 19 December 2003 and consecrated at Saint Bavo Cathedral on 1 February 2004.
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 |
