Paul Van den Berghe | |
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| Bishop of Antwerp | |
| In office | 3 July 1980 - 2008 |
| Successor | Bishop Johan Bonny |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 15 June 1957 |
| Consecration | 7 September 1980 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 January 1933 Geraardsbergen, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | Libertati liberavit nos |
| Coat of arms |  |
Paul Van den Berghe (born 7 January 1933 in Geraardsbergen, Belgium) is a Belgium Bishop in the Roman Catholic Church.
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]
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