Ignace Schetz de Grobbendonk

Ignacius Augustinus Schetz de Grobbendonk (1625–1680) was the 9th Bishop of Namur and the 11th Bishop of Ghent.

Ignatius Augustinus Schetz de Grobbendonk
Bishop of Ghent
Portrait of Mgr. Ignacius Augustinus Schetz de Grobbendonck
Native name
Ignace Augustin Schetz
DioceseGhent
SeeSt Bavo's
In office1679–1680
PredecessorFrans van Horenbeke
SuccessorAlbert de Hornes
Previous post(s)Bishop of Namur, 1669–1679
Orders
Consecration12 May 1669
Personal details
Born1625
Died31 May 1680
Ghent, County of Flanders, Spanish Netherlands
BuriedSt Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent
ParentsAnthonie Schetz and Maria van Malsen
Educationcanon and civil law
MottoIn labore quies
Coat of armsIgnatius Augustinus Schetz de Grobbendonk's coat of arms

Life

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Schetz de Grobbendonck was a son of Anthonie II Schetz and his second wife Maria van Malsen, lady of Tilburg. After graduating licentiate of civil and canon law, he was appointed in 1647 to a canonry of Tournai Cathedral. His older sister was abbess of La Cambre. He went on to serve as archdeacon and vicar general of Tournai.[1]

In 1666 he was named bishop of Roermond, but never took possession of the see, being named instead to the diocese of Namur the following year. He was consecrated bishop in Antwerp on 12 May 1669. In 1679 he was translated to Ghent, dying there on 31 May 1680. He was buried in his cathedral.

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References

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  1. ^ A.G. Demanet, "Grobbendonck (Ignace-Augustin Schets de)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 8 (Brussels, 1885), 325-326.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Eugène, Count d'Allamont
Bishop of Roermond
(nominated 1666)
Succeeded by
Lancelot de Gottignies
Preceded by Bishop of Namur
1669–1679
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Frans van Horenbeke
Bishop of Ghent
1679–1680
Succeeded by
Albert de Hornes