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Roman Catholic Diocese of Namur

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Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Established
  
12 May 1559

Auxiliary Bishops
  
Pierre Warin

Bishop
  
Rémy Vancottem

Auxiliary bishop
  
Pierre Warin

Metropolitan archbishop
  
André-Joseph Léonard

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
8,100 km²

Country
  
Belgium

Cathedral
  
Belgium

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 751,000 568,000 (75.6%)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Namur is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel.

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Bishops of the first diocese

  • Antoine Havet, O.P., 1561–1578
  • François Wallon-Capelle, 1580–1592
  • Jean Dave, 1593–1595
  • Jacques Blaseus, O.F.M. Rec., 1597–1601, later bishop of Saint-Omer
  • François Buisseret, 1601–1615, later archbishop of Cambrai
  • Jean Dauvin, 1615–1629
  • Engelbert Des Bois, 1630–1651
  • Jean de Wachtendonck, 1654–1668, later archbishop of Mechelen
  • Ignace Schetz de Grobbendonk, 1669–1679, formerly bishop of Roermond, later bishop of Ghent
  • Pierre Vandenperre, 1680–1695
  • Ferdinand de Berlo de Brus, 1698–1725
  • Thomas Strickland de Sizergh, 1727–1740
  • Paul-Godefroi de Berlo de Franc-Douaire, 1741–1771
  • Ferdinand-Marie de Lobkowitz, 1772–1779, later bishop of Ghent
  • Albert Louis de Lichtervelde, 1780–1796

    • Bishops since 1802

  • Claude de Bexon (25 May 1802 - 15 Sep 1803 )
  • Nicolas-Alexis Ondenard ( 1828 - 1830 )
  • Jean Arnold Barret (15 Apr 1833 - 31 Jul 1835 )
  • Nicolas-Joseph Dehesselle (1 Feb 1836 - 1865 )
  • Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps, C.SS.R. (25 Sep 1865 - 20 Dec 1867 )
  • Théodore-Joseph Gravez (20 Dec 1867 - 1883 Died)
  • Pierre-Lambert Goosens (16 Jul 1883 - 24 Mar 1884 )
  • Édouard-Joseph Belin (27 Mar 1884 - 1892 )
  • Jean-Baptiste Decrolière ( 1892 - 1899 )
  • Thomas Louis Heylen, O. Praem. (23 Oct 1899 - 28 Oct 1941 )
  • André Marie Charue (12 Dec 1941 - 24 Jun 1974 )
  • Robert-Joseph Mathen (24 Jun 1974 - 7 Feb 1991 )
  • Andre-Mutien Leonard (7 Feb 1991 - 18 Jan 2010)
  • Rémy Victor Vancottem (31 May 2010 - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Namur Wikipedia
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