Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers} (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Historical Details

Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
- Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
- Erected: 12 May 1559
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Mechelen
- Rite: Latin (or Roman)
- Country: Belgium

Franciscus Sonnius (Van de Velde) † (13 Mar 1570 Appointed - 30 Jun 1576 Died)
Guillaume de Berghes † (14 Apr 1597 Appointed - 9 Apr 1601 Appointed, Archbishop of Cambrai)
Jean Miraeus (Le Mire) † (15 Mar 1604 Appointed - Jan 1611 Died)
Jean Marie Malderus (van Malderen) † (25 May 1611 Appointed - 21 Oct 1633 Died)
Gaspard Dubois (Van Den Bosch, Nemius) † (12 Feb 1635 Appointed - 27 Nov 1651 Confirmed, Archbishop of Cambrai)
Marius Ambroise Capello, O.P. † (6 Jul 1654 Appointed - 4 Oct 1676 Died)
Aubertus van den Eede † (13 Sep 1677 Appointed - 6 Nov 1678 Died)
Jean-Ferdinand Van Beughem † (25 Sep 1679 Appointed - 19 May 1699 Died)
Réginald Cools, O.P. † (10 May 1700 Appointed - 2 Dec 1706 Died)
Pierre-Joseph de Francken-Sierstoff † (15 Dec 1710 Appointed - 19 Oct 1727 Died)
Charles d’Espinoza, O.F.M. Cap. † (14 Jun 1728 Appointed - 31 Aug 1742 Died)
Guillaume-Philippe de Herzelles † (11 Mar 1743 Appointed - 2 Sep 1744 Died)
Joseph Anselme François Werbrouck † (12 Mar 1746 Appointed - 24 Dec 1747 Died)
Dominique (Wilhelm Philipp) Gentis, O.P. † (5 May 1749 Appointed - 5 Jul 1758 Died)
Henri-Gabriel van Gameren † (4 Apr 1759 Appointed - 26 Jan 1775 Died)
Jacques-Thomas-Joseph Wellens † (15 Jul 1776 Appointed - 30 Jan 1784 Died)
Corneille-François de Nélis † (14 Feb 1785 Appointed - 21 Aug 1798 Died)

Date	Event	From	To
12 May 1559	Erected	Diocese of Cambrai Diocese of Liège	Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers} (erected)
1801	Suppressed	Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers} (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Mechelen

Guillaume de Berghes † (Bishop: 14 Apr 1597 to 9 Apr 1601)
Marius Ambroise Capello, O.P. † (Bishop: 6 Jul 1654 to 4 Oct 1676)
Réginald Cools, O.P. † (Bishop: 10 May 1700 to 2 Dec 1706)
Gaspard Dubois (Van Den Bosch, Nemius) † (Bishop: 12 Feb 1635 to 27 Nov 1651)
Charles d’Espinoza, O.F.M. Cap. † (Bishop: 14 Jun 1728 to 31 Aug 1742)
Pierre-Joseph de Francken-Sierstoff † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1710 to 19 Oct 1727)
Dominique (Wilhelm Philipp) Gentis, O.P. † (Bishop: 5 May 1749 to 5 Jul 1758)
Guillaume-Philippe de Herzelles † (Bishop: 11 Mar 1743 to 2 Sep 1744)
Jean Marie Malderus (van Malderen) † (Bishop: 25 May 1611 to 21 Oct 1633)
Jean Miraeus (Le Mire) † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1604 to Jan 1611)
Corneille-François de Nélis † (Bishop: 14 Feb 1785 to 21 Aug 1798)
Franciscus Sonnius (Van de Velde) † (Bishop: 13 Mar 1570 to 30 Jun 1576)
Jean-Ferdinand Van Beughem † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1679 to 19 May 1699)
Aubertus van den Eede † (Bishop: 13 Sep 1677 to 6 Nov 1678)
Henri-Gabriel van Gameren † (Bishop: 4 Apr 1759 to 26 Jan 1775)
Jacques-Thomas-Joseph Wellens † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1776 to 30 Jan 1784)
Joseph Anselme François Werbrouck † (Bishop: 12 Mar 1746 to 24 Dec 1747)