Jan Baptist de Smet | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Ghent | |
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| 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 | 1 February 1674 |
| Died | 27 September 1741 (aged 67) Ghent, County of Flanders, Austrian Netherlands |
| 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]
- ^ Peter M. Daly, G. Richard Dimler, ed. (1997). The Jesuit Series. McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 304.