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Diocese of Namur {Namen}

Dioecesis Namurcensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Pierre Warin, Bishop
  • Rémy Victor Vancottem, Bishop Emeritus

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
12 May 1559ErectedDiocese of Liège Diocese of Namur {Namen} (erected)
Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) (erected)
2 June 1840Territory LostDiocese of Namur {Namen} Vicariate Apostolic of Luxembourg (erected)
30 November 1977Territory AddedDiocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich) (St. Remigius in Landenne, B. M. V. Auxiliatrix in Petit-Wäret, St. Stephen in Seilles and SS. Peter and Paul in Povedroux)
Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels} (S. Philibert in Noville-sur-Mehaigne)
Diocese of Tournai {Doornik} (St. Lambert in Boignée)
Diocese of Namur {Namen}
30 November 1977Territory LostDiocese of Namur {Namen} (S. Maurice in Arbrefontaine, B. M. V. Assumptae in My and the Chapel of S. Stephen in Ville) Diocese of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950569,000569,56899.9%1,2526541,9062981,2023,380731ap1951
1970596,057602,98798.9%1,0784721,55038419192,553738ap1971
1980596,020611,79197.4%8784171,295460227662,055742ap1981
1990580,000642,32490.3%6613411,002578366661,533742ap1991
1999590,000682,00086.5%59821281072853402872742ap2000
2000590,000682,00086.5%59321280573252403872742ap2001
2001592,000685,00086.4%56420777176751394857732ap2002
2002550,000695,00079.1%57027284265355452857742ap2003
2003550,000698,00078.8%55127282366857452921742ap2004
2004550,000700,00078.6%53227280468458448921742ap2005
2013568,000751,00075.6%42327269581766446536743ap2014
2016500,000765,00065.4%39527266774959446536743ap2017
2019504,000776,00064.9%2511193701,36256205536743ap2020
2021508,600783,57664.9%2491303791,34149169356730ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 252
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 251
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 278, and Page 279
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 300
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 250
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 70, Page 194, and Page 195

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