Suffragan diocese Hasselt, Belgium
Diocese of Hasselt
Hasseleten(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1967
- Catholics
- 635,730
- Priests
- 232
- Territory
- 2,422 km²
Parishes and churches
295 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Onze Lieve Vrouw GeboorteOosthamView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw GeboorteRijkhovenView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw Hulp der ChristenenWaterloos-NeeroeterenView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw Maagd der ArmenLeopoldsburgView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw Maria MiddelaresHoeseltView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw Onbevlekt OntvangenHulstView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw Onbevlekt OntvangenLinde-PeerView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw Onbevlekt OntvangenSchakkebroekView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw Onbevlekt OntvangenTerdonkView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw Onbevlekt OntvangenTermolenView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw RozenkransTermienView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw TenhemelopnemingKermtView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw TenhemelopnemingGenendijk-KwaadmechelenView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw TenhemelopnemingGorsemView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw TenhemelopnemingHeksView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw TenhemelopnemingLeopoldsburgView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw TenhemelopnemingMoelingenView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw TenhemelopnemingMunsterbilzenView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw TenhemelopnemingOrdingenView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw TenhemelopnemingSint-TruidenView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw TenhemelopnemingVeulenView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw TenhemelopnemingVliermaalrootView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw TenhemelopnemingWijerView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw TenhemelopnemingZutendaalView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw van BanneuxHouthalen-HelchterenView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw van BanneuxHasseltView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw van FatimaGenkView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw van het Heilig HartVorsenView parish
- Onze Lieve Vrouw van LourdesHeide-HeuvelView parish
- Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe-TenhemelopnemingKortenbosView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Patrick Hoogmartens
- Born
- 19 May 1952
- Birthplace
- Tongeren
Explore the ministry of 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.
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.