Ecclesiastical province Mechelen-Brussels Rite Roman Rite Area 2,995 km² Phone +32 9 225 16 26 | Denomination Roman Catholic Established 12 May 1559 Bishop Lucas Van Looy Country Belgium | |
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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2013)
1,477,870
1,055,000 (71.4%) Address 1,, Bisdomplein, 9000 Gent, Belgium | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent, (Latin: Dioecesis Gandavensis), also known as (Ghent) or (Gand); is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was erected in 1559 from the surrounding dioceses in Belgium. The current bishop is Lucas von Looy, who was appointed in 2003. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels.
Although it originally had a much greater extent, the diocese is now coextensive with the Belgian province of East Flanders, in addition to the municipality of Zwijndrecht, which is in the secular Province of Antwerp.
Ordinaries
The Bishop of Ghent is the ordinary of the Diocese of Gent. The current Bishop of Ghent is Mgr. Luc Van Looy (born 28 September 1941 in Tielen), who was appointed on 19 December 2003 and consecrated at Saint Bavo Cathedral on 1 February 2004.
List of the bishops of the Diocese of Ghent, Belgium