Patrick Hoogmartens
{{short description|Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1952)}}
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| see = St. Quentin Cathedral, Hasselt
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| previous_post = Coadjutor bishop of Hasselt
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| alma_mater = KU Leuven and Alphonsian Academy
| motto = Non ut iudicet, sed ut salvetur ("Not to judge but to save", Jn 3:17)
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Patrick Hoogmartens (born 1952) is a Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Hasselt since 2004.
Life
Hoogmartens was born in Tongeren on 19 May 1952 and was educated at schools in the city.{{Cite web|title=Mgr. Patrick Hoogmartens |author=Geert Martens |date=2 February 2018 | website=kerknet.be |url=https://www.kerknet.be/bisdom-hasselt/artikel/mgr-patrick-hoogmartens}} He studied at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, graduating licentiate in Law (1977) and Philosophy (1978). He then entered the seminary, where he studied Theology. He was ordained to the priesthood on 4 July 1982 in the Basilica of Our Lady, Tongeren,{{Cite news|title=Benjamin onder bisschoppen |newspaper=De Standaard |date=26 October 2004|page=7}} and undertook further studies at the Alphonsian Academy, graduating Licentiate of Sacred Theology.
On 1 September 1989 he was appointed president of the Major Seminary in Hasselt. On 8 July 1997 Pope John Paul II appointed him coadjutor bishop of Hasselt.{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 2 June 2020 | page=596 | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-89-1997-ocr.pdf | date= 1997 | volume = LXXXIX }} He was consecrated bishop in Hasselt Cathedral on 26 October 1997. When Pope John Paul accepted the resignation of Bishop Paul Schruers on 25 October 2004, Hoogmartens succeeded him as the third bishop of Hasselt.{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 2 June 2020 |language= it | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 25.10.2004 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2004/10/25/0522/01673.html | date= 25 October 2004}} He was enthroned as bishop on 12 December 2004.
He sits on the Board of Trustees of the KU Leuven.{{Cite web |title=Patrick Hoogmartens |url=https://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00048539 |website=kuleuven.be |publisher=KU Leuven}} In 2016 he gave permission for the reliquary of St Odilia at {{ill|Mariënlof Abbey|nl|Abdij Mariënlof}} in Borgloon to be unsealed for academic research.{{Cite news|title=Reliekschrijn geopend voor de wetenschap |newspaper=De Standaard |date=10 March 2016 |author=Jan Bex| page=32}}
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