Diocese of Hasselt

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.

Diocese of Hasselt Dioecesis Hasseletensis Diocèse de Hasselt (French) Bistum Hasselt (German) Bisdom Hasselt (Dutch)
St. Quentin's Cathedral in Hasselt
Location
Country	Belgium
Ecclesiastical province	Mechelen-Brussels
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels
Coordinates	50°56′01″N 5°19′53″E
Statistics
Area	2,422 km2 (935 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2019) 870,880 635,730 (73%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	31 May 1967
Cathedral	St. Quentin's Cathedral in Hasselt
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Patrick Hoogmartens
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jozef De Kesel
Map
The Diocese of Hasselt, coextensive with the Belgian province of Limburg

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)