Philips Erard van der Noot (1638–1730) was the 13th

Bishop of Ghent The Diocese of Ghent (Latin: ''Dioecesis Gandavensis'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropoli ...

Family

He was born in

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on 6 February 1638 as the eldest son of Gilles van der Noot, Lord of Carloo. He was a relative of the

Marquess of Assche Marquess of Assche is a title belonging to the Belgian nobility, Assche is the old writing of the city of Asse. The Margraveships still stands today and belongs to the House ''van der Noot''. Today the current Marquess of Assche still resides in ...

. His brother, Roger-Wauthier van der Noot, 1st Baron of Carloo was Mayor of Brussels.

Career

After his ordination, he was made a canon and eventually became Archpriest of the Chapter of

St. Rumbold's Cathedral St. Rumbold's Cathedral ( nl, Sint-Romboutskathedraal, french: Cathédrale Saint-Rombaut) is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, Roman Catholic metropolitan archiepiscopal cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium, dedicated to Rumbold of ...

in Mechelen. He was created bishop of Ghent after royal permission of the king of Spain. In Ghent he erected the chapel in Honour of Saint Amandus on the Campo Santo, and began renovations to the diocesan seminary. He died in Ghent on 3 February 1730. He is buried in the Ghent Cathedral, in the Choir. His baroque tomb was designed by Jan-Baptist Helderberghe, Jan Boeksent and Pieter de Sutter. He was the uncle of a later bishop of Ghent, Maximiliaan Antoon van der Noot.

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Bishops of Ghent Canons (priests) Belgian nobility 1638 births 1730 deaths {{Belgium-RC-bishop-stub