Paul Van den Berghe (born 7 January 1933) is a Belgian Catholic retired prelate who served as Bishop of Antwerp from 1980 to 2008 Van den Berghe obtained a degree in Thomist philosophy and was ordained a priest on 15 June 1957.

He then earned a doctorate in theology in 1961 and became professor of exegesis at a seminary in Ghent, where he was one of the founders was the Hoger Instituut voor Godsdienstwetenschappen.

He served as the editorial secretary of Collationes, a Flemish magazine of pastoral theology, and wrote numerous articles on the exegesis of the New Testament.

His motto, chosen from a verse in the book of Galatians is: "Libertati liberavit nos" (For the freedom he set us free).

In the Belgian bishops' conference he was responsible for the Interdiocesaan Pastoraal Beraad (Inter-Diocesan Pastoral Board).