Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège

Diocese of Liège

Dioecesis Leodiensis

Diocèse de Liège (French)
Bistum Lüttich (German)
Bisdom Luik (Dutch)
Coat of arms
Location
CountryBelgium
Ecclesiastical provinceMechelen-Brussels
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels
Coordinates50°38′15″N 5°34′20″E / 50.637412°N 5.572090°E / 50.637412; 5.572090
Statistics
Area3,862 km2 (1,491 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2016)
  • 1,092,226
  • 731,000 (66.9%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralSt. Paul's Cathedral in Liège
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopJean-Pierre Delville
Metropolitan ArchbishopJozef De Kesel
Bishops emeritusAlbert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau, Bishop Emeritus (1986-2001)
Map

The Diocese of Liège, coextensive with the Liège Province
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Liège (Latin: Dioecesis Leodiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was erected in the 4th century and presently covers the same territory as Belgium's Liège Province, but it was historically much larger. Currently, the diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. Its cathedra is found within St. Paul's Cathedral in the episcopal see of Liège.