Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Belgium

See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.

Regarding Western Belgium:
200-300: Reims - France
540~: Arras (detached from Reims) - France
580: Cambrai (new name, See moved from Arras) - France
Regarding Tongeren:
0200-0300: Trier - Germany
0250-0300: Köln (established from Trier?) - Germany
Regarding Gent 1559:
695-700: Utrecht (established from Rome) - Netherlands
0344~: Tongeren / Tongres (established from Köln) - Belgium
0384~: Maastricht (new name, See moved from Tongeren) - Netherlands, Belgium
0500~: Tournai / Doornik (detached from Reims) - Belgium
0676: Tournai and Noyon (united) - Belgium, France
0718-0722: Liège (See moved from Maastricht, the name of Tongeren still used for a while) - Belgium, Netherlands
1146: Tournai (previously Tournai and Noyon) - Belgium
1559: Antwerpen (detached from Cambrai, and from Liège) - Belgium
1559: Brugge (detached from Tournai) - Belgium
1559: Gent (detached from Tournai, from Cambrai, and from Utrecht) - Belgium
1559: Mechelen (Metr., detached from Cambrai, and from Liège) - Belgium
1559: Namur (detached from Liège) - Belgium
1559: Ieper / Ypres (detached from Tournai) - Belgium
1794: Liège (de facto suppressed) - Belgium
1801: Antwerpen (suppressed, incorporated in Mechelen) - Belgium
1801: Brugge (suppressed, incorporated in Gent) - Belgium
1801: Ieper / Ypres (suppressed, incorporated in Gent) - Belgium
1802: Liège (revived) - Belgium
1834: Brugge (restored, detached from Gent) - Belgium
1957: Belgium (Mil.Ord.) - Belgium
1961: Mechelen-Brussel (Metr., new name, previously Mechelen Metr.) - Belgium
1961: Antwerpen (restored, detached from Mechelen) - Belgium
1967: Hasselt (detached from Liège) - Belgium