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Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1952) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patrick Hoogmartens (born 1952) is a Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Hasselt since 2004.
Patrick Hoogmartens | |
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![]() Bishop Hoogmartens (left) with Jef Ulburghs in 2007 | |
Diocese | Hasselt |
See | St. Quentin Cathedral, Hasselt |
Installed | 2004 |
Predecessor | Paul Schruers |
Previous post(s) | Coadjutor bishop of Hasselt |
Orders | |
Ordination | 4 July 1982 |
Consecration | 26 October 1997 |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Nationality | Belgian |
Alma mater | KU Leuven and Alphonsian Academy |
Motto | Non ut iudicet, sed ut salvetur ("Not to judge but to save", Jn 3:17) |
Coat of arms | ![]() |
Hoogmartens was born in Tongeren on 19 May 1952 and was educated at schools in the city.[1] He studied at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, graduating licentiate in Law (1977) and Philosophy (1978).[1] He then entered the seminary, where he studied Theology. He was ordained to the priesthood on 4 July 1982 in the Basilica of Our Lady, Tongeren,[2] and undertook further studies at the Alphonsian Academy, graduating Licentiate of Sacred Theology.[1]
On 1 September 1989 he was appointed president of the Major Seminary in Hasselt.[2] On 8 July 1997 Pope John Paul II appointed him coadjutor bishop of Hasselt.[3] He was consecrated bishop in Hasselt Cathedral on 26 October 1997.[2] When Pope John Paul accepted the resignation of Bishop Paul Schruers on 25 October 2004, Hoogmartens succeeded him as the third bishop of Hasselt.[4] He was enthroned as bishop on 12 December 2004.[2]
He sits on the Board of Trustees of the KU Leuven.[5] In 2016 he gave permission for the reliquary of St Odilia at Mariënlof Abbey in Borgloon to be unsealed for academic research.[6]
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