Diocese of Antwerpen, Anvers
Antverpien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Antwerpen, Anvers, Belgium
Latin rite diocese in Flanders, Belgium, first erected in 1559, suppressed in 1801 and restored by Pope John XXIII in 1961. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 May 1559
- Latin
- Antverpien(sis)
- Patron
- Ignatius of Loyola
- Annuario code
- 001000707
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,215,000
- Population
- 1,586,590
- Catholic share
- 76.6%
- Extent
- 2,570 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 473
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Johan Bonny
- Born
- 10 July 1955
- Birthplace
- Oostende
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp stands in Antwerpen, Anvers, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Mechelen-Brussels
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel, Malines-BruxellesMechelen-Brussel, Malines-Bruxelles
- Diocese of Brugge, BrugesBrugge, Bruges
- Diocese of GentGent
- Diocese of HasseltHasselt
- Diocese of LiègeLiège
- Diocese of Namur, NamenNamur, Namen
- Diocese of Tournai, DoornikTournai, Doornik
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Restored in 1961, the Diocese of Antwerp (Latin: Dioecesis Antverpiensis) is a Latin Church territory in Belgium, suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. The bishop's cathedra stands in the Cathedral of Our Lady.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].