Diocese of Hasselt
Hasseleten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Hasselt, Belgium
The Diocese of Hasselt is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Belgium, created in 1967 from the Diocese of Liege and covering the province of Limburg. Bishop Patrick Hoogmartens has led the see since 2004 and is a suffragan of Mechelen-Brussels.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 31 May 1967
- Latin
- Hasseleten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Quentin
- Annuario code
- 001001586
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 635,730
- Population
- 870,880
- Catholic share
- 73.0%
- Priests
- 232
- Catholics per priest
- 2,740
- Extent
- 2,422 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 262
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
- Patrick Hoogmartens
- Born
- 19 May 1952
- Birthplace
- Tongeren
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
St. Quentin's Cathedral stands in Hasselt, 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 Antwerpen, AnversAntwerpen, Anvers
- Diocese of Brugge, BrugesBrugge, Bruges
- Diocese of GentGent
- 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
Carved out of the Diocese of Liège in 1967, the Diocese of Hasselt (Latin: Dioecesis Hasseletensis) takes in the whole of Belgian Limburg. This Latin Church diocese is suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, and its cathedra stands in St. Quentin's Cathedral in Hasselt.
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].