# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lode-van-hecke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:26:53.147Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lode-van-hecke"
name: "Lode Van Hecke"
slug: "lode-van-hecke"
description: "Lode Van Hecke OCSO is a Belgian Catholic prelate who was Bishop of Ghent from 2019 to 2025. He was abbot of Orval Abbey from 2007 to November 2019. A monk since 1976, he is the only Trappist ever to be appointed bishop of a Belgian diocese."
tagline: "Belgian catholic"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lode_van_hecke-1701081460.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1950-03-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.219512195121951
  historical:           8.950613333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Lode Van Hecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%AD_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "امدح فان هيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode_Van_Hecke"
    title: "Lode Van Hecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode_Van_Hecke"
    title: "Lode Van Hecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode_Van_Hecke"
    title: "Lode Van Hecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode_Van_Hecke"
    title: "Lode Van Hecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode_Van_Hecke"
    title: "Lode Van Hecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode_Van_Hecke"
    title: "Lode Van Hecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode_Van_Hecke"
    title: "Lode Van Hecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode_Van_Hecke"
    title: "Lode Van Hecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76612583"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump