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Suffragan diocese Tournai, Doornik, Belgium

Diocese of Tournai, Doornik

Tornacen(sis)

Latin rite diocese covering the province of Hainaut, Belgium, formed as a separate see in 1146 upon the dissolution of the joint Diocese of Noyon and Tournai. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, its seat is the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Tournai. Bishop Frederic Rossignol, C.S.Sp. was appointed 6 October 2025, succeeding Guy Harpigny.

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Tournai, in Tournai, Doornik, Belgium.

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Established
1146
Catholics
708,400
Priests
242
Territory
3,796 km²

Parishes and churches

477 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Frederic Rossignol, C.S.Sp.

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Tournai stands in Tournai, Doornik, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

When the Diocese of Noyon and Tournai, in existence since the 7th century, was dissolved in 1146, the Diocese of Tournai (Latin: Dioecesis Tornacensis) was formed. This Latin Church diocese in Belgium is now suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. Its cathedra stands in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Tournai, recognized as a major site for Wallonia's heritage since 1936 and a World Heritage Site since 2000.

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