Roman Catholic Diocese of Hasselt
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Diocese of Hasselt Dioecesis Hasseletensis Diocèse de Hasselt (French) Bistum Hasselt (German) Bisdom Hasselt (Dutch) | |
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Location | |
Country | Belgium |
Ecclesiastical province | Mechelen-Brussels |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels |
Coordinates | 50°56′01″N 5°19′53″E / 50.933648°N 5.331349°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,422 km2 (935 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 870,880 635,730 (73%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 31 May 1967 |
Cathedral | St. Quentin's Cathedral in Hasselt |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Patrick Hoogmartens |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jozef De Kesel |
Map | |
![]() The Diocese of Hasselt, coextensive with the Belgian province of Limburg |
The Diocese of Hasselt (Latin: Dioecesis Hasseletensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. Comprising the whole of Belgian Limburg, the diocese was created in 1967 out of the Diocese of Liège.[1] It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. The cathedra is found within St. Quentin's Cathedral in Hasselt.
Bishops
[edit]- Jozef Maria Heusschen (1967–1989)
- Paul Schruers (1989–2004)
- Patrick Hoogmartens (2004–present)
Affiliated Bishops
[edit]- Philip Dickmans (2008–present)
Notes
[edit]External links
[edit] Media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Hasselt at Wikimedia Commons