Roman Catholic Diocese of Namur
Diocese of Namur Dioecesis Namurcensis Diocèse de Namur (French) Bistum Namur (German) Bisdom Namen (Dutch) | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Ecclesiastical province | Mechelen-Brussels |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,100 km2 (3,100 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 751,000 568,000 (75.6%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 12 May 1559 |
| Cathedral | St Aubin's Cathedral in Namur, Belgium |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Rémy Vancottem |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | André-Joseph Léonard |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Pierre Warin |
| Map | |
 The Diocese of Namur, coextensive with the two provinces of Namur and Luxembourg | |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Namur is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium.[1] It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel.[2]
Bishops of Namur
Bishops of the first diocese
- Antoine Havet, O.P., 1561–1578
- François Wallon-Capelle, 1580–1592
- Jean Dave, 1593–1595
- Jacques Blaseus, O.F.M. Rec., 1597–1601, later bishop of Saint-Omer
- François Buisseret, 1601–1615, later archbishop of Cambrai
- Jean Dauvin, 1615–1629
- Engelbert Des Bois, 1630–1651
- Jean de Wachtendonck, 1654–1668, later archbishop of Mechelen
- Ignace Schetz de Grobbendonk, 1669–1679, formerly bishop of Roermond, later bishop of Ghent
- Pierre Vandenperre, 1680–1695
- Ferdinand de Berlo de Brus, 1698–1725
- Thomas Strickland de Sizergh, 1727–1740
- Paul-Godefroi de Berlo de Franc-Douaire, 1741–1771
- Ferdinand-Marie de Lobkowitz, 1772–1779, later bishop of Ghent
- Albert Louis de Lichtervelde, 1780–1796
Bishops since 1802
- Claude de Bexon (25 May 1802 – 15 Sep 1803)
- Joseph Pisani de La Gaude (1803–1828)
- Nicolas-Alexis Ondenard (1828–1830 )
- Jean Arnold Barret (15 Apr 1833 – 31 Jul 1835 )
- Nicolas-Joseph Dehesselle (1 Feb 1836 – 1865 )
- Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps, C.SS.R. (25 Sep 1865 – 20 Dec 1867 )
- Théodore-Joseph Gravez (20 Dec 1867 – 1883 Died)
- Pierre-Lambert Goosens (16 Jul 1883 – 24 Mar 1884 )
- Édouard-Joseph Belin (27 Mar 1884 – 1892 )
- Jean-Baptiste Decrolière ( 1892 – 1899 )
- Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. (23 Oct 1899 – 28 Oct 1941 )
- André Marie Charue (12 Dec 1941 – 24 Jun 1974 )
- Robert-Joseph Mathen (24 Jun 1974 – 7 Feb 1991 )
- Andre-Mutien Leonard (7 Feb 1991 – 18 Jan 2010)
- Rémy Victor Vancottem (31 May 2010 – )
References
- ^ Namur - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ^ Diocese of Namur {Namen} from catholic-hierarchy.org
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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