 After Ghent was taken, Frédéric Perrenot de Champagney was released from prison (where he had been since 1578), and appointed governor of the city.The fall of Ghent sealed the fate of the Calvinist Republic of Ghent, and ended her leading role in the Revolt, which shifted to Antwerp and later to the County of Holland.Catholicism was restored as the official religion, while about 15,000 inhabitants voluntarily or forcibly abandoned the city, including thousands of Calvinists who primarily migrated to Holland.