Luc Julian Matthys (3 May 1935 – 26 January 2021) was a Belgian-born Australian

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bishop. Matthys was born in Drongen, Ghent,

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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1961 for the

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. Matthys was incardinated as a priest for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne,

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, in 1976. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Armidale, Australia from 1999 to 2011.Bishop Luc Julian Matthys
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1935 births 2021 deaths Clergy from Ghent Belgian emigrants to Australia 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Australia 20th-century Belgian Roman Catholic priests Roman Catholic bishops of Armidale {{Australia-RC-bishop-stub