Gerard de Baere

Gerard de Baere
Abbot of Ten Duinen Abbey
Engraved portrait of Gerard de Baere
Elected	1653
Term ended	1666
Orders
Ordination	24 September 1633
Personal details
Born	1608 Laarne, County of Flanders, Spanish Netherlands
Died	1666 Bruges, County of Flanders, Spanish Netherlands

Gerard de Baere, a native of Laarne, was the 43rd abbot of Ten Duinen Abbey in Bruges from 1653 to 1666.

Life

De Baere was professed as a monk in 1631. He was ordained subdeacon on 10 April 1632, deacon on 21 May 1633, and priest on 24 September 1633.[1] A plan to have him nominated Bishop of Bruges failed to pan out.[2]

On 11 May 1666 he granted permission for a chapel with portable altar to be built on the former site of Oosteeklo Abbey.[3]

He died in Bruges on 26 October 1666.[4]

References

1. Ursmer Berlière, Monasticon belge, vols. 2-3 (1966), pp. 424-426.
2. Michiel Nuyttens, "Ter Duinen, Ter Doest en Clairmarais: Bloei en verval van Vlaamse cisterciënzerabdijen (einde 11de - einde 18de eeuw)", De Franse Nederlanden / Les Pays-Bas Français (2000), p. 318.
3. "Abdij van Oosteeklo. Gent". search.arch.be.
4. Chronique et cartulaire de l'abbaye de Hemelsdaele (Bruges, 1858), p. 42.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bernard Bottyn	Abbot of Dunes 1654 – 1667	Succeeded by Michel Bultynck