Paul Van den Berghe
Paul Van den Berghe | |
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Bishop of Antwerp | |
In office | 3 July 1980 - 2008 |
Successor | Johan Bonny |
Orders | |
Ordination | 15 June 1957 |
Consecration | 7 September 1980 |
Personal details | |
Born | Geraardsbergen, Belgium | 7 January 1933
Nationality | Belgian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Motto | Libertati liberavit nos |
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Paul Van den Berghe (born 7 January 1933) is a Belgian Catholic retired prelate who served as Bishop of Antwerp from 1980 to 2008
Biography
[edit]Van den Berghe obtained a degree in Thomist philosophy and was ordained a priest on 15 June 1957. He then earned a doctorate in theology in 1961 and became professor of exegesis at a seminary in Ghent, where he was one of the founders was the Hoger Instituut voor Godsdienstwetenschappen. He served as the editorial secretary of Collationes, a Flemish magazine of pastoral theology, and wrote numerous articles on the exegesis of the New Testament.
On 3 July 1980 he was appointed the 21st Bishop of Antwerp by Pope John Paul II (the third bishop of the re-established Diocese of Antwerp) and consecrated on 7 September 1980. His motto, chosen from a verse in the book of Galatians is: "Libertati liberavit nos" (For the freedom he set us free). In the Belgian bishops' conference he was responsible for the Interdiocesaan Pastoraal Beraad (Inter-Diocesan Pastoral Board).
In 2008, he had reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 and on 28 October 2008 he was succeeded by Bishop Johan Bonny.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Cheney, David M. "Bishop Paul Van den Berghe". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published