Koenraad Vanhoutte

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Koenraad Vanhoutte, 2009 (left)
Coat of arms of Koenraad Vanhoutte

Koenraad Vanhoutte (born August 31, 1957 in Ostend , West Flanders Province , Belgium ) is a Belgian clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Mechlin-Brussels .

Life

Koenraad Vanhoutte received the sacrament of ordination for the diocese of Bruges on July 17, 1983 . Vanhoutte was Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Bruges from April 23, 2010 to July 10, 2010 and from November 6, 2015 to December 4, 2016 .

On 18 May 2018 Pope appointed him Francis to the titular of Thagora and in Mechelen-Brussels auxiliary bishop. The Archbishop of Mechlin-Brussels, Cardinal Jozef De Kesel , donated him episcopal ordination on September 2nd of the same year . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Bruges, Lodewijk Aerts , and the Bishop of Antwerp , Johan Bonny .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nomina di Ausiliare di Mechelen-Brussel (Belgio). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 18, 2018, accessed May 18, 2018 (Italian).