Bishopric of Ghent

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bishopric ecclesiastical territory former Catholic diocese

The Bishopric of Ghent was a medieval ecclesiastical territory centered on the city of Ghent in present-day Belgium, historically significant within the Catholic Church and the Low Countries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Diocese of Ghent 3

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bishopric ⓘ
ecclesiastical territory ⓘ
former Catholic diocese ⓘ
associatedWith medieval Catholic hierarchy ⓘ
urban development of Ghent ⓘ
belongsToTradition Western Christianity ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic ⓘ
governedBy Bishop of Ghent ⓘ
governedFrom Saint Bavo's Cathedral ⓘ
hasCapital Ghent NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCathedral Saint Bavo's Cathedral ⓘ
hasClericalRank episcopal see ⓘ
hasFunction ecclesiastical administration ⓘ
organization of liturgy ⓘ
oversight of church property ⓘ
spiritual governance ⓘ
supervision of monasteries in its territory ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance important ecclesiastical center in the Low Countries ⓘ
influence on political affairs in medieval Flanders ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver clergy in and around Ghent ⓘ
parishes in its medieval territory ⓘ
hasTerritorialExtent area surrounding Ghent in medieval Flanders ⓘ
hasTypeOfLeader bishop ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ
influenced charitable institutions in its territory ⓘ
education in its territory ⓘ
religious life in Ghent ⓘ
languageUsed Latin ⓘ
Middle Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn County of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ghent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ
present-day Belgium ⓘ
partOf Catholic Church in the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church in the Low Countries
playedRoleIn Christianization of Europe ⓘ
surface form: Christianization of Flanders

medieval ecclesiastical administration in the Low Countries ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
rite Latin Rite ⓘ
subordinateTo Holy See ⓘ
Pope ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bishopric of Ypres → borderedBy → Bishopric of Ghent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diocese of Ghent
Middle Dutch → spokenIn → Bishopric of Ghent ⓘ
Bishopric of Ypres → successor → Bishopric of Ghent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diocese of Ghent
Bishopric of Ypres → territoryNowIn → Bishopric of Ghent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diocese of Ghent