Jan Baptist de Smet

Jan Baptist de Smet
Bishop of Ghent
ProvinceMechelen
DioceseGhent
SeeSt Bavo's
Installed1732
Term ended1741
PredecessorPhilips Erard van der Noot
SuccessorMaximiliaan Antoon van der Noot
Other post(s)Secular canon in Mechelen (1705–1721)
Chairman of the Mechelen Seminary (1705–)
Vicar general of the Archdiocese of Mechelen (1705–)
Bishop of Ypres (1721–1732)
Personal details
Born(1674-02-01)1 February 1674
Lokeren, County of Flanders, Spanish Netherlands
Died27 September 1741(1741-09-27) (aged 67)
Ghent, County of Flanders, Austrian Netherlands
BuriedSt Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent
DenominationCatholic
MottoCaelestia cude arma

Jan Baptist de Smet (1 February 1674 – 27 September 1741) was the 14th Bishop of Ghent and the 15th Bishop of Ypres.

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