Diocese of Namur, Namen
Namurcen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Namur, Namen, Belgium
Latin rite diocese covering the Belgian provinces of Namur and Luxembourg, erected in 1559. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, it counts 709 parishes organized in 91 pastoral units. Bishop Fabien Lejeusne, A.A. was appointed 6 October 2025 and installed 7 December 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 May 1559
- Latin
- Namurcen(sis)
- Patron
- san Albano de Maguncia
- Annuario code
- 001002343
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 514,000
- Priests
- 379
- Catholics per priest
- 1,356
- Extent
- 8,105 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 63
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
- Fabien Lejeusne, A.A.
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. Aubin's Cathedral, Namur stands in Namur, Namen, 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 LiègeLiège
- Diocese of Tournai, DoornikTournai, Doornik
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].