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Suffragan diocese Antwerpen, Anvers, Belgium

Diocese of Antwerpen, Anvers

Antverpien(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, in Antwerpen, Anvers, Belgium.

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Established
1559
Catholics
1,215,000
Territory
2,570 km²

Parishes and churches

259 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Johan Bonny
Born
10 July 1955
Birthplace
Oostende

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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.

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.