Diocese of Breda
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| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Country: | the Netherlands |
| Metropolitan: | Archdiocese of Utrecht |
| Rite: | Latin Rite |
| Area: | 3,368 sq.km. (1,300 Square Miles) km² |
| Population: Total: Catholics: |
1,108,323 (2005) 458,000 (41.3%) |
| Ordinaries | |
| Bishop: | Hans van den Hende |
The Diocese of Breda is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. It was erected on March 14, 1853, with Johannes van Hooydonk being made its first bishop. The current bishop is Hans van den Hende.
Its canonical territory consists of the province of Zeeland and part of the province of North Brabant and is subdivided into 112 parishes.
Former Bishops of the Diocese are:
- Johannes van Hooydonk (1853-1867)
- Johannes van Genk (1868-1874)
- Petrus Leyten (1885-1914)
- Pieter Hopmans (1914-1951)
- Joseph Baeten (1951-1961)
- Gerard de Vet (1962-1967)
- Hubertus Ernst (1967-1992)
- Tiny Muskens (1992-2007)
The Diocese numbers 136 secular and 159 religious priests and comprises 356 male and 1080 female religious. The number of church goers is nearly 25,000 or 2.2 % of the population.
[edit] External links
- http://www.ru.nl/kaski/virtuele_map/publicaties/ rapportnr. 550
- (Dutch)Kerncijfers 2005 uit de kerkelijke statistiek van het Rooms-Katholiek Kerkgenootschap in Nederland
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