Bishop Lode Van Hecke, O.C.S.O.

Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Mar 1950		Born
6 Mar 1983	32.9	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
20 Aug 1995	45.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
27 Nov 2019	69.6	Appointed	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
23 Feb 2020	69.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
30 Jun 2025	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

MicroData Summary
Lode Van Hecke
Bishop Lode Van Hecke O.C.S.O.
(born 16 Mar 1950)
Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Event Place
Birth Place Roeselare, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}
Ordained Bishop St. Bavo, Cathedral, Gent, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef Cardinal De Kesel
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B.
Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Bishop Pierre Warin
Bishop of Namur {Namen}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jozef Cardinal De Kesel (2002)
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Godfried Cardinal Danneels † (1977)
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Leo Jozef Cardinal Suenens † (1945)
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Roeselare, Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}
Ordained Bishop	St. Bavo, Cathedral, Gent, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

External Link(s):

VIAF: 68974705
WikiData: Q76612583

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 27 Nov 2019
ob/c2: CB, 27 Nov 2019
c34: CB, 9 Feb 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 243, Number 20,356
r: Bollettino, 30 Jun 2025

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