Roman Catholic Diocese of Hasselt explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Hasselt
Latin:Dioecesis Hasseletensis
Local:Diocèse de Hasselt (French)
Bistum Hasselt (German)
Bisdom Hasselt (Dutch)
Country:Belgium
Province:Mechelen-Brussels
Metropolitan:Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels
Area Km2:2,422
Population:870,880
Population As Of:2019
Catholics:635,730
Catholics Percent:73
Denomination:Catholic Church
Established:31 May 1967
Cathedral:St. Quentin's Cathedral in Hasselt
Bishop:Patrick Hoogmartens
Bishop Title:Bishop
Metro Archbishop:Jozef De Kesel
Suffragan:for one -->
Archdeacon:for one-->
Map:BisdomHasselt.png
Map Size:200

The Diocese of Hasselt (Latin: Dioecesis Hasseletensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. Comprising the whole of Belgian Limburg, the diocese was created in 1967 out of the Diocese of Liège.[1] It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. The cathedra is found within St. Quentin's Cathedral in Hasselt.

Bishops

  1. (1967–1989)
  2. Paul Schruers (1989–2004)
  3. Patrick Hoogmartens (2004–present)

Affiliated Bishops

  1. Philip Dickmans (2008–present)

Notes

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dhass.html Catholic Hierarchy page