Diocese of Breda
Bredan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Breda, Netherlands
The Diocese of Breda is a Latin Church diocese in the southern Netherlands covering Zeeland and part of North Brabant, established in 1853 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Utrecht. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua in Breda, led by Bishop Johannes Liesen since 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 March 1803
- Latin
- Bredan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001000950
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 418,200
- Population
- 1,149,000
- Catholic share
- 36.4%
- Priests
- 65
- Catholics per priest
- 6,434
- Extent
- 3,368 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 124
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
- Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen
- Born
- 17 September 1960
- Birthplace
- Oosterhout
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
Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua stands in Breda, 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 Utrecht
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Utrecht.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Groningen–LeeuwardenGroningen–Leeuwarden
- Diocese of Haarlem–AmsterdamHaarlem–Amsterdam
- Diocese of RoermondRoermond
- Diocese of RotterdamRotterdam
- Archdiocese of UtrechtUtrecht
- Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch’s-Hertogenbosch
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].