Diocese of

Antwerpen

Belgium Belgium

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Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Antwerpen (Nederlands) / Antwerp (English) / Anvers (français) / Anversa (Italiano) / Antverpien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mechelen–Brussel

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Tenhemelopneming van Maria (August 15)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 16

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History

Contact Info

Address: Bisdom, Schoenmarkt 2, B-2000 Antwerpen, Belgium

Phone: (03) 202.84.30

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.10.28 – ...):Bishop Johan Jozef Bonny (68)Bishop Johan Jozef Bonny (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Antwerpen (Roman Rite)

Bishop Johan Jozef Bonny (68)Bishop Johan Jozef Bonny (68)
(2008.10.28 – ...)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium)

Agnus pascet illos

Born:1955.07.10 (Oostende, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1980.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:2009.01.04

Priest of Brugge (Belgium) (1980.07.20 – 2008.10.28)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (2008.10.28 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium (2016.01.26 – 2023.10.12)

Bishop Paul Van den Berghe (90)Bishop Paul Van den Berghe (90)
(1980.07.03 – 2008.10.28)

Bishop emeritus of Antwerpen (Belgium)

Libertati nos liberavit

Born:1933.01.07 (Geraardsbergen, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1957.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:1980.09.07

Priest of Gent (Belgium) (1957.06.15 – 1980.07.03)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1980.07.03 – 2008.10.28)

Bishop Godfried Danneels (later Cardinal)
(1977.11.04 – 1979.12.19)

Apparuit humanitas Dei nostri

Born:1933.06.04 (Kanegem, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1957.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:1977.12.18
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2019.03.14 (Malines, Belgium † 85)

Priest of Brugge (Belgium) (1957.08.17 – 1977.11.04)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1977.11.04 – 1979.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) (1979.12.19 – 2010.01.18)

President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium (1979.12.19 – 2010.01.18)

Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium) (1980.09.15 – 1986.07.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1983.02.02 – 2019.03.14)

Military Ordinary of Belgium (Belgium) (1986.07.21 – 2010.01.18)

Bishop Jules Victor Daem
(1962.04.05 – 1977.11.04)

Gratia et pax

Born:1902.05.11 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1927.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:1962.05.17
Died:1993.04.24 († 90)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1962.04.05 – 1977.11.04)

Bishop Cornelius Franciscus Nelis
(1785 – 1798.08.21)

Ne lis

Born:1736.07.05 (Belgium)
Died:1798.08.21 († 62)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1785 – 1798.08.21)

Bishop Jacob-Thomas-Jozef Wellens
(1776 – 1784.01.30)

Cœlestibus auspiciis

Born:1726.09.03 (Belgium)
Died:1784.01.30 († 57)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1776 – 1784.01.30)

Bishop Hendrik Gabriel van Gameren
(1758 – 1775.01.26)

Born:1700.05.28 (Belgium)
Consecrated Bishop:1759
Died:1775.01.26 († 74)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1758 – 1775.01.26)

Bishop Dominicus de Gentis
(1749 – 1758.07.05)

Born:1695.03.10 (Netherlands)
Consecrated Bishop:1749
Died:1758.07.05 († 63)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1749 – 1758.07.05)

Bishop Josephus Anselmus Franciscus Werbrouck
(1746.01.17 – 1747)

Fortiter et suaviter

Born:1692 (Belgium)
Died:1747 († 55)

Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands) (1743.07.15 – 1746.01.17)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1746.01.17 – 1747)

Bishop Guilielmus Philippus de Herzelles
(1742 – 1744.09.02)

Died:1744.09.02

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1742 – 1744.09.02)

Bishop Carolus d’Espinoza, O.F.M. Cap.
(1728.06.14 – 1742.07.31)

Born:1658.12.27 (Belgium)
Consecrated Bishop:1723.11.30
Died:1742.07.31 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Tricale (1722.09.23 – 1728.06.14)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1728.06.14 – 1742.07.31)

Bishop Peter Josef de Francken-Sierstorff
(1707 – 1727.10.19)

Died:1727.10.19

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1707 – 1727.10.19)

Bishop Reginaldus Cools, O.P.
(1700.06.12 – 1706.12.02)

Non nobis

Born:1618 (Belgium)
Died:1706.12.02 († 87)

Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands) (1676.11.16 – 1700.06.12)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1700.06.12 – 1706.12.02)

Bishop Joannes Ferdinandus van Beughem
(1679 – 1699.05.19)

Died:1699.05.19

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1679 – 1699.05.19)

Bishop Aubertus van den Eede
(1677 – 1678.11.06)

Jure jurando

Died:1678.11.06

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1677 – 1678.11.06)

Bishop Ambrosius Marius Capello, O.P.
(1654.07.06 – 1676.10.04)

Died:1676.10.04

Bishop of Ieper (1647 – 1647 not possessed)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1654.07.06 – 1676.10.04)

Archbishop Gaspard Nemius du Bois
(1635.02.12 – 1651.11.27)

Born:1587 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1635.07.22
Died:1667.11.29 († 79)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1635.02.12 – 1651.11.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France) ([1649.08.24] 1651.12.01 – 1667.11.29)

Bishop Johannes van Malderen
(1611.05.25 – 1633.10.21)

Malo de re

Died:1633.10.21

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1611.05.25 – 1633.10.21)

Bishop Johannes Le Mire
(1604.03.15 – 1611.01.12)

Died:1611.01.12

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1604.03.15 – 1611.01.12)

Bishop Guillaume de Berghes (later Archbishop)
(1597.04.14 – 1601.04.09)

Born:1551
Died:1609.04.25 († 57)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1597.04.14 – 1601.04.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cambrai (France) (1601.04.09 [1601.12.30] – 1609.04.25)

Bishop Liévin van der Beken
(1586.10.27 – 1595.04.26)

Died:1595.04.26

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1586.10.27 – 1595.04.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium) (1589 – 1589 not possessed)

Bishop Frans van de Velde (Sonnius)
(1570.03.13 – 1576.06.30)

Sine Onere Nihil

Born:1506.08.12 (Netherlands)
Consecrated Bishop:1568
Died:1576.06.30 († 69)

Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) (1561.03.10 – 1570.03.13)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1570.03.13 – 1576.06.30)

Fr. Filippo Negri
(1561.03.10 – 1563.01.04 not possessed)

Died:1563.01.04

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1561.03.10 – 1563.01.04 not possessed)

Special Churches

Gent (←), Breda (↑), ’s-Hertogenbosch (↗), Hasselt (↘), Mechelen–Brussel (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 2,570 km²

Population: 1,174,162 Catholics (76.6% of 1,533,263 total)

Pastoral Centres: 280 parishes, 42 missions

Personnel: 352 priests (165 diocesan, 187 religious), 69 deacons, 890 religious (187 brothers, 703 sisters), 4 seminarians

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