Metropolitan see Mechelen-Brussel, Malines-Bruxelles, Belgium
Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel, Malines-Bruxelles
Mechlinien(sis)-Bruxellen(sis)
Latin Church
Metropolitan archdiocese and primatial see of Belgium, erected in 1559 as the Archdiocese of Mechelen and renamed Mechelen-Brussels in 1961. The archbishop has seats in two cathedrals, St. Rumbold's in Mechelen and St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels, and also heads the Military Ordinariate of Belgium.
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- Established
- 1559
- Catholics
- 1,886,000
- Priests
- 1,812
- Territory
- 3,700 km²
Parishes and churches
401 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Rijke Klaren (Notre-Dame aux Riches Claires)BrusselView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Altijddurende BijstandRotselaarView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Altijddurende Bijstand (Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours)Watermaal-BosvoordeView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van BijstandZemstView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van BijstandTremeloView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Blankedelle (Notre-Dame du Blankedelle)OudergemView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van de Heilige RozenkransKortenakenView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van de Rozenkrans (Notre-Dame du Rosaire)UkkelView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van FatimaAarschotView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Finisterrae (Notre-Dame du Finistère)BrusselView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Gedurige BijstandHaachtView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Van Genade (Notre-Dame des Grâces)Sint-Pieters-WoluweView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Goede Bijstand (Notre-Dame du Bon Secours)BrusselView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Goede HoopVilvoordeView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Van Goede WilDuffelView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Heilig HartLinterView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Heilig HartAsseView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Heilig Hart (Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur)EtterbeekView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Heilig Hart (Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur)AnderlechtView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Lourdes (Notre-Dame de Lourdes)JetteView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Troost (Notre-Dame de la Consolation)UkkelView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van VredeGeetbetsView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Vreugde en Sint-Gerardus Majella (Notre-Dame de la Joie et Saint Gérard)AnderlechtView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-HemelvaartBoutersemView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaart (Notre-Dame de l'Assomption)Sint-Lambrechts-WoluweView parish
- Parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaart (Notre-Dame de l'Assomption)AnderlechtView parish
- Parochie PicpussenLeuvenView parish
- Parochie Sint Antonius van PaduaLeuvenView parish
- Parochie Sint FranciscusLeuvenView parish
- Parochie Sint-Adriaan (Saint Adrien)ElseneView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Luc Terlinden
- Born
- 17 October 1968
- Birthplace
- Etterbeek
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The cathedral
St. Rumbold's Cathedral, Mechelen stands in Mechelen-Brussel, Malines-Bruxelles, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, Brussels.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Belgium's primatial see is the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels (Latin: Archidioecesis Mechliniensis-Bruxellensis), a Latin Church archdiocese. The Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels also governs the local ecclesiastical province centered here, whose territory covers the middle of the country, corresponding to the now defunct Belgian Province of Brabant along with a few adjacent municipalities.