Roger Vangheluwe
The Most Reverend Roger Vangheluwe | |
|---|---|
| Bishop emeritus of Bruges | |
Vangheluwe in 2007 | |
| Church | |
| Diocese | Bruges |
| Installed | 3 February 1985 |
| Term ended | 23 April 2010 |
| Predecessor | Emiel-Jozef De Smedt |
| Successor | Jozef De Kesel |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1 February 1963 |
| Consecration | 3 February 1985 by Godfried Danneels |
| Laicized | 20 March 2024 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Roger Joseph Vangheluwe 7 November 1936 Roeselare, Belgium |
| Education | KU Leuven |
Roger Joseph Vangheluwe (born 7 November 1936) is a Belgian former prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Bruges from 1985 to 2010, when he resigned after admitting that as a priest and bishop he had sexual relations over 15 years with his nephew, who was a minor when it began. He later described similar behavior with a second nephew, also a minor, over the course of a year. Pope Francis laicized him in March 2024. Belgium's statute of limitations prevented him from being prosecuted.