Patrick Hoogmartens

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. He studied at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, graduating licentiate in Law (1977) and Philosophy (1978). and undertook further studies at the Alphonsian Academy, graduating Licentiate of Sacred Theology. He was consecrated bishop in Hasselt Cathedral on 26 October 1997. He was enthroned as bishop on 12 December 2004. In 2016 he gave permission for the reliquary of St Odilia at in Borgloon to be unsealed for academic research.