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Diocese of Liège

Dioecesis Leodiensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 4th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Belgium
  • Square Kilometers: 3,862 (1,491 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: 25 Rue de l'Eveche, B-4000 Liege, Belgique
  • Telephone: (04)230.31.50
  • Fax: 223.70.80

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
4th CenturyErectedDiocese of Liège (erected)
12 May 1559Territory LostDiocese of Cambrai
Diocese of Liège
Archdiocese of Mechelen (erected)
12 May 1559Territory LostDiocese of Liège Diocese of Namur {Namen} (erected)
12 May 1559Territory LostDiocese of Cambrai
Diocese of Liège
Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp} (erected)
12 May 1559Territory LostArchdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Diocese of Liège
Diocese of Roermond (erected)
29 November 1801Territory LostArchdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Diocese of Liège
Diocese of Aachen (erected)
31 May 1967Territory LostDiocese of Liège Diocese of Hasselt (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
19501,300,0001,424,29791.3%1,8107102,5205151,4005,500778ap1951
1970900,0001,016,13188.6%9803181,2986932461515ap1971
1980800,0001,007,49079.4%7872231,010792313041,819518ap1981
1990780,000993,06078.5%659189848919662561,239523ap1991
1999700,0001,017,80568.8%4802096891,01572276801505ap2000
2000700,0001,016,76268.8%4651856501,07674247762525ap2001
2001700,0001,020,07768.6%4451846291,11275247743525ap2002
2002700,0001,023,50668.4%4401846241,12174250743525ap2003
2003700,0001,023,50668.4%4211225431,28976175609525ap2004
2004700,0001,023,50668.4%4021225241,33574168579525ap2005

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

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