Roman Catholic Diocese of Bruges
Diocese of Bruges Dioecesis Brugensis Bisdom Brugge (Dutch) Diocèse de Bruges (French) Bistum Brügge (German) | |
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Lodewijk Aerts | |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jozef De Kesel |
Bishops emeritus | Roger Vangheluwe |
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The diocese of Bruges, coextensive with the province of West Flanders | |
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https://www.kerknet.be/organisatie/bisdom-brugge |
The Diocese of Bruges (
A diocese from 1558 to its suppression in 1801, in 1832 it became a pre-diocesan apostolic vicariate as the Apostolic Administration of West Flanders.[1] Its territory coincides with West Flanders.
The episcopal see of the diocese is
so the cathedral is also known as Sint-Salvators- en Donaaskathedraal.Statistics
As of 2014[update], it pastorally served 965,000 Catholics (82.1% of 1,174,752 total) on 3,145 km² in 362 parishes and 65 missions with 708 priests (499 diocesan, 209 religious), 91 deacons, 1,986 lay religious (290 brothers, 1,696 sisters) and 7 seminarians.
History
An earlier diocese of Bruges was established on 12 May 1558, on territory split off from the
During the reforms under the
On 17 December 1832, shortly after the independence of
In 1985 the diocese of Bruges experienced a papal visit from Pope John Paul II, who on 17 May gave a homily on the horrors of war at Ypres as part of his pastoral visit to the Low Countries.[3]
A 2010 scandal saw Bishop Roger Vangheluwe, a confessed and hardly remorseful pederast, forced into early retirement.
Ordinaries
- Suffragan Bishops (first diocese)
- 1560–1567: Petrus Curtius (Petrus De Corte)
- 1569–1594: Remigius Driutius (Remi Drieux)
- 1596–1602: Mathias Lambrecht
- 1604–1616: Charles Philippe de Rodoan
- 1616–1620: bishop of Ghent)
- 1623–1629: Denis Stoffels
- 1630–1639: Servaas de Quinckere
- 1642–1649: Nicolaas de Haudion
- 1651–1660: bishop of Ghent)
- 1662–1668: Robert de Haynin
- 1668–1671: Vacant (diocesan administrator Charles Geleyns)
- 1671–1681: François de Baillencourt
- 1682–1689: Archbishop of Mechelen)
- 1691–1706: Guilielmus (Willem) Bassery
- 1706–1716: Vacant
- 1716–1742: Hendrik Jozef van Susteren
- 1743–1753: Jan-Baptist de Castillon
- 1754–1775: Joannes-Robertus Caimo
- 1777–1794: Felix Brenart
- Suppressed
- Apostolic Administrator of West Flanders
- Coadjutor Bishopof Ghent (Belgium) (17 December 1832 – 23 June 1834)
- Suffragan Bishops (restored)
- 1834–1848: Franciscus Renatus Boussen (see previous)
- 1848–1864: Joannes-Baptista Malou
- 1864–1894: Johan Joseph Faict
- 1894–1895: Petrus De Brabandere
- 1895–1931: Gustavus Waffelaert
- 1931–1952: Henricus Lamiroy
- 1952–1984: Emiel-Jozef De Smedt
- 1984–2010: Roger Joseph Vangheluwe
- 2010–2015: Jozef De Kesel, later promoted Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
- 2016–present: Lode Aerts
See also
Notes
- ^ "Diocese of Brugge {Bruges}". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Saint Donatian of Rheims". CatholicSaints.info. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "17 maggio 1985, Solenne Celebrazione a Ieper | Giovanni Paolo II". w2.vatican.va.
External links and sources
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