Gerard de Baere | |
|---|---|
| Abbot of Ten Duinen Abbey | |
 Engraved portrait of Gerard de Baere | |
| Elected | 1653 |
| Term ended | 1666 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 24 September 1633 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1608 |
| Died | 1666 Bruges, County of Flanders, Spanish Netherlands |
Gerard de Baere, a native of Laarne, was the 43rd abbot of Ten Duinen Abbey in Bruges from 1653 to 1666.
De Baere was professed as a monk in 1631. He was ordained subdeacon on 10 April 1632, deacon on 21 May 1633, and priest on 24 September 1633. [1] A plan to have him nominated Bishop of Bruges failed to pan out. [2]
On 11 May 1666 he granted permission for a chapel with portable altar to be built on the former site of Oosteeklo Abbey. [3]
He died in Bruges on 26 October 1666. [4]
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