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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- Parochie Sint-RumoldusBerlaarView parish
- Parochie Sint-SalvatorHeist-op-den-BergView parish
- Parochie Sint-ServatiusRavelsView parish
- Parochie Sint-ServatiusHerseltView parish
- Parochie Sint-StefaanZandhovenView parish
- Parochie Sint-TrudoMeerhoutView parish
- Parochie Sint-ValentinusRavelsView parish
- Parochie Sint-Vincentius a PauloEssenView parish
- Parochie Sint-WalburgisAntwerpenView parish
- Parochie Sint-WaldetrudisHerentalsView parish
- Parochie Sint-WillibrordusAntwerpenView parish
- Parochie Sint-WillibrordusBalenView parish
- Parochie Sint-WillibrordusBrechtView parish
- Parochie Sint-WillibrordusKasterleeView parish
- Parochie Sint-WillibrordusMerksplasView parish
- Parochie Sint-WillibrordusMolView parish
- Parochie Sint-WillibrordusNijlenView parish
- Parochie Sint-WillibrordusRijkevorselView parish
- Parochie Sint-WillibrordusZandhovenView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.