Paul Van den Berghe

Paul Van den Berghe ( born January 7, 1933 Geraardsbergen ) is retired bishop of Antwerp.

Life

Paul Van den Berghe received on 15 June 1957, and was ordained priest incardinated in the clergy of the diocese of Ghent. John Paul II appointed him on July 3, 1980, on the Bishop of Antwerp.

The Archbishop of Mechelen -Brussels, Godfried Danneels, donated to him on 7 September of the same year the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were Léonce Albert Van Peteghem, Bishop of Ghent, and Guillaume Marie van Zuylen, Bishop of Liege.

On 28 October 2008, Pope Benedict XVI. be age-related resignation to.