Roman Catholic Diocese of Antwerp
Diocese of Antwerp Dioecesis Antverpiensis Bisdom Antwerpen (Dutch) Diocèse d'Anvers (French) Bistum von Antwerpen (German) | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Ecclesiastical province | Mechelen-Brussels |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels |
| Coordinates | 51°13′06″N 4°24′10″E / 51.218214°N 4.402657°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,570 km2 (990 sq mi) |
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| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 8 December 1961 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp |
| Patron saint | Ignatius of Loyola |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Johan Bonny |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Luc Terlinden |
| Bishops emeritus | Paul Van den Berghe |
| Map | |
The territorial extent of the diocese of Antwerp. Note that it is smaller than the Province of Antwerp | |
The Diocese of Antwerp (Latin: Dioecesis Antverpiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was restored in 1961. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. Its cathedra is found within the Cathedral of Our Lady.