Diocese of Brugge, Bruges
Brugen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Brugge, Bruges, Belgium
Latin rite diocese covering West Flanders, Belgium, erected in 1559. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, its seat is St. Salvator's Cathedral in Bruges, a minor basilica dedicated to Our Savior.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 May 1559
- Latin
- Brugen(sis)
- Patron
- Donatian of Reims
- Annuario code
- 001000964
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 855,940
- Population
- 1,211,193
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 70.7%
- Priests
- 307
- Catholics per priest
- 2,788
- Extent
- 3,144 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 272
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Lode Aerts
- Born
- 28 September 1941
- Birthplace
- Tielen
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI) (S.D.B.)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Salvator's Cathedral, Bruges stands in Brugge, Bruges, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Mechelen-Brussels
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel, Malines-BruxellesMechelen-Brussel, Malines-Bruxelles
- Diocese of Antwerpen, AnversAntwerpen, Anvers
- Diocese of GentGent
- Diocese of HasseltHasselt
- Diocese of LiègeLiège
- Diocese of Namur, NamenNamur, Namen
- Diocese of Tournai, DoornikTournai, Doornik
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Coinciding in territory with West Flanders, the Diocese of Bruges (Latin: Dioecesis Brugensis; Dutch: Bisdom Brugge) is a Latin Church diocese in Belgium, suffragan to the ecclesiastical province of Mechelen-Brussels, which covers the whole country. A diocese from 1558 until its suppression in 1801, it returned in 1832 as a pre-diocesan apostolic vicariate, the Apostolic Administration of West Flanders. Its episcopal see is St.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.