Jan Baptist de Smet | |
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Bishop of Ghent | |
Province | Mechelen |
Diocese | Ghent |
See | St Bavo's |
Installed | 1732 |
Term ended | 1741 |
Predecessor | Philips Erard van der Noot |
Successor | Maximiliaan 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 | |
Died | 27 September 1741 Ghent, County of Flanders, Austrian Netherlands | (aged 67)
Buried | St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent |
Denomination | Catholic |
Motto | Caelestia cude arma |
Jan Baptist de Smet (1 February 1674 – 27 September 1741) was the 14th Bishop of Ghent and the 15th Bishop of Ypres.[1]