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Ferdinandus Maria Carolus Josephus Leonardus Procopius prins van Lobkowicz (Vienna, 18 December 1726 –
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Ferdinandus Maria Carolus Josephus Leonardus Procopius prins van Lobkowicz (Vienna, 18 December 1726 – Münster
Münster (; ) is an independent city#Germany, independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a ...
, 29 January 1795) was a Catholic priest and 15th Bishop of Namur (1772–1779) and 17th Bishop of Ghent
The Diocese of Ghent (Latin: ''Dioecesis Gandavensis'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropol ...
(1779–1795).
Life
His parents were Austrian Field Marshal and Governor of Sicily, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz and his wife Karoline Henriette von Waldstein. His great-grandfather was the second Prince of Lobkowitz, Wenzel Eusebius von Lobkowicz. On 21 January 1751, Ferdinand Maria von Lobkowitz was ordained a priest and subsequently served as vicar in Salzburg and canon in Liège and Augsburg. Pope Clement XIV appointed him Bishop of Namur on 30 January 1772. He was ordained bishop on 10 May of the same year. On 20 September 1779,Pope Pius VI
Pope Pius VI (; born Count Angelo Onofrio Melchiorre Natale Giovanni Antonio called Giovanni Angelo or Giannangelo Braschi, 25 December 171729 August 1799) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to hi ...
appointed him Bishop of Ghent. His motto was ''Ad haerere Deus bonum'' ("It is good to attach oneself to God").
On 23 June 1794, the Bishop fled from the approaching French revolutionaries, via Antwerp, Düsseldorf and Delft to Münster, where he arrived ill, and died on 29 January 1795 at the age of 68. He was buried in the Münster Cathedral.
The French abolished the Bishopric of Ghent. A successor was not appointed until 1802, after the restoration of Catholic worship.
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