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Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}

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Bishop(s)

  • Johan Jozef Bonny, Bishop
  • Paul Van den Berghe, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
12 May 1559ErectedDiocese of Cambrai
Diocese of Liège
Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers} (erected)
29 November 1801SuppressedDiocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers} (suppressed) Archdiocese of Mechelen
22 March 1803Territory LostDiocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
Diocese of Roermond
Vicariate Apostolic of Breda (erected)
Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}
8 December 1961ErectedArchdiocese of Mechelen Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp} (erected)
30 November 1977Territory AddedArchdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels} (St. John the Evangelist in Konings-Hooikt and St. Joseph in Peulis) Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}
19701,200,0001,330,50690.2%1,1071,1071,0845,336306ap1971
19801,228,7261,370,87589.6%9196721,591772109084,462317ap1981
19901,318,5211,390,02794.9%7015591,2601,046377393,453320ap1991
19991,302,1601,433,84590.8%5205031,0231,272616232,582318ap2000
20001,301,0881,436,48290.6%5194921,0111,286626112,483316ap2001
20011,283,5031,433,17489.6%5065131,0191,259656292,385316ap2002
20021,281,7221,440,67289.0%4684939611,333656002,296316ap2003
20031,280,5631,446,75788.5%4474619081,410685602,204313ap2004
20041,281,7021,454,39688.1%4264658911,438735622,137317ap2005
20061,289,8471,468,26587.8%3944458391,537775261,927310ap2007
20121,265,0001,536,00082.4%2933336262,020734051,387301ap2013
20151,208,0001,566,00077.1%2423105522,188723791,147297ap2016
20181,218,8001,579,33077.2%2082774852,51276324926291ap2019
20201,215,0001,586,59076.6%1962334292,83275233611290ap2021
20221,174,1621,533,26376.6%1651873523,33569187703280ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 81
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 247
  • Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 54, Page 765, and Page 766
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 70, Page 194, and Page 195

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