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Suffragan diocese Gent, Belgium

Diocese of Gent

Gandaven(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Ghent is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Belgium, founded in 1559 and coextensive with the province of East Flanders. As of 2026 the see is vacant following the retirement of Bishop Lode Van Hecke, with the diocese a suffragan of Mechelen-Brussels.

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The address the register holds for St. Bavo's Cathedral, in Gent, Belgium.

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Established
1559
Catholics
1,088,100
Priests
277
Territory
2,995 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.

The cathedral

St. Bavo's Cathedral stands in Gent, 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

Saint Bavo of Ghent is the patron of the Diocese of Ghent (Latin: Dioecesis Gandavensis), a Latin Church diocese in Belgium and a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels.

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