Roman Catholic Diocese of Hasselt

50°56′01″N 5°19′53″E / 50.933648°N 5.331349°E / 50.933648; 5.331349StatisticsArea2,422 km² (935 sq mi)Population
- Total
- Catholics(as of 2019)
870,880
635,730 (73%)InformationDenominationCatholic ChurchSui iuris churchLatin ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablished31 May 1967CathedralSt. Quentin's Cathedral in HasseltCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisBishopPatrick HoogmartensMetropolitan ArchbishopJozef De KeselMap
The Diocese of Hasselt, coextensive with the Belgian province of Limburg

The Diocese of Hasselt (Latin: Dioecesis Hasseletensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. Comprising the whole of Belgian Limburg, the diocese was created in 1967 out of the Diocese of Liège.^[1] It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. The cathedra is found within St. Quentin's Cathedral in Hasselt.

Bishops

1. Jozef Maria Heusschen [Wikidata] (1967–1989)
2. Paul Schruers (1989–2004)
3. Patrick Hoogmartens (2004–present)

Affiliated Bishops

1. Philip Dickmans (2008–present)

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External links

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