Diocese of Liège
Leodien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Liège, Belgium
The Diocese of Liege is an ancient Latin Church diocese in Belgium with origins in the 4th century, reorganized in 1802 and now coextensive with Liege Province. Bishop Jean-Pierre Delville has led it since 2013 as a suffragan of Mechelen-Brussels.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 720
- Latin
- Leodien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Lambert of Maastricht
- Annuario code
- 001001998
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 731,000
- Population
- 1,092,226
- Catholic share
- 66.9%
- Extent
- 3,862 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 189
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
- Jean-Pierre Delville
- Born
- 29 April 1951
- Birthplace
- Liège
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. Paul's Cathedral stands in Liège, 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 HasseltHasselt
- Diocese of Namur, NamenNamur, Namen
- Diocese of Tournai, DoornikTournai, Doornik
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in the 4th century, the Diocese of Liège (Latin: Dioecesis Leodiensis) is among Belgium's Latin Church territories and today covers the same ground as Liège Province, though historically its reach was much greater. It now stands as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, with its cathedra in St. Paul's Cathedral in the episcopal city of Liège.
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].