Gerard de Baere, a native of Laarne, was the 43rd abbot of Ten Duinen Abbey in Bruges from 1653 to 1666.

De Baere was professed as a monk in 1631.

He was ordained subdeacon on 10 April 1632, deacon on 21 May 1633, and priest on 24 September 1633.

[1] A plan to have him nominated Bishop of Bruges failed to pan out.

[2] On 11 May 1666 he granted permission for a chapel with portable altar to be built on the former site of Oosteeklo Abbey.