Diocese of Antwerp
| Diocese of Antwerp | |
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| Country | Belgium |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mechlin-Brussels |
| Diocesan bishop | Johan Bonny |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Paul Van den Berghe |
| Vicar General | Bruno Aerts OPraem |
| founding | 1961 |
| surface | 2,570 km² |
| Parishes | 297 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 1,566,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 1,208,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 77.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 242 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 310 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,188 |
| Permanent deacons | 72 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 379 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1,147 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Dutch |
| cathedral | Church of Our Lady |
| Website | www.kerknet.be |
The Diocese of Antwerp (Latin Dioecesis Antverpiensis , Dutch Bisdom Antwerp ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium with its seat in Antwerp .
history
Due to a reorganization of the dioceses in what was then the ' Spanish Netherlands ' (these comprised the present-day Netherlands , Belgium and northern France), the diocese of Antwerp was founded in 1559 at the instigation of Philip II . The parish was previously assigned to the diocese of Cambrai . It was now placed under the newly founded Archdiocese of Mechelen .
The diocese of Antwerp was dissolved in the course of the French Revolution and the parish was divided between the Archdiocese of Mechelen and the Diocese of Breda . In 1961 the diocese of Antwerp was re-established by spinning off from the Archdiocese of Mechlin-Brussels .
territory
The diocese of Antwerp includes almost the entire province of Antwerp , but without the city of Mechelen .
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Antwerp (Flemish)
- Entry for the Diocese of Antwerp on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Diocese of Antwerp in the Catholic Encyclopedia (English)
