Jan Pieter Schotte CICM (29 April 1928 – 10 January 2005) was a Belgian cardinal and an official of the Roman Curia.

He was born on 29 April 1928 in the town of Beveren-Leie (now a part of Waregem) in the province of West Flanders.

In 1963, he became rector of the Immaculate Heart mission seminary in Washington, DC, where he served until 1966.

In 1967, he came to Rome as General Secretary of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a post he held until 1972.

Schotte died on 10 January 2005 in the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome.