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Diocese of Breda
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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.
- Bishop
- Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen
- Latin name
- Bredan(us)
- Erected
- 22 March 1803 (origins 1853)
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Utrecht (Archdiocese of Utrecht)
- Catholics
- 418,200
- Chancery
- Veemarktstraat 48, 4811 ZH Breda, Nederland
- Telephone
- Tel. [076]522.34.44
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch 37 km
- Diocese of Rotterdam 41 km
- Antwerpen, Anvers BE 49 km
- Diocese of Utrecht 61 km
- Mechelen-Brussel, Malines-Bruxelles BE 66 km
- Diocese of Hasselt BE 84 km
Parishes near the see
- Sint-Laurentius · Breda <1 km
- Sint-Maria · Breda <1 km
- Sint-Michael · Breda <1 km
- Sint-Lambertus · Teteringen 4 km
- Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Hemelopneming · Prinsenbeek 5 km
- Sint-Antonius Abt · Terheijden 6 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001000950 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08