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Diocese of Antwerp Dioecesis Antverpiensis Bisdom Antwerpen (Dutch) Diocèse d'Anvers (French) Bistum von Antwerpen (German) | |
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Location | |
Country | Belgium |
Ecclesiastical province | Mechelen-Brussels |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels |
Coordinates | 51°13′06″N 4°24′10″E / 51.218214°N 4.402657°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,570 km2 (990 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 1,586,590 1,215,000 (76.6%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 8 December 1961 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp |
Patron saint | Ignatius of Loyola |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Johan Bonny |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jozef De Kesel |
Bishops emeritus | Paul Van den Berghe |
Map | |
The territorial extent of the diocese of Antwerp. Note that it is smaller than the Province of Antwerp |
The Diocese of Antwerp (Latin: Dioecesis Antverpiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was restored in 1961.[1] It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. Its cathedra is found within the Cathedral of Our Lady.