Roman Catholic Diocese of Antwerp

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Diocese of Antwerp Dioecesis Antverpiensis Bisdom Antwerpen (Dutch) Diocèse d'Anvers (French) Bistum von Antwerpen (German)
Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Belgium
Ecclesiastical province	Mechelen-Brussels
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels
Coordinates	51°13′06″N 4°24′10″E / 51.218214°N 4.402657°E / 51.218214; 4.402657
Statistics
Area	2,570 km2 (990 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2020) 1,586,590 1,215,000 (76.6%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	8 December 1961
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp
Patron saint	Ignatius of Loyola
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Johan Bonny
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jozef De Kesel
Bishops emeritus	Paul Van den Berghe
Map
The territorial extent of the diocese of Antwerp. Note that it is smaller than the Province of Antwerp

The Diocese of Antwerp (Latin: Dioecesis Antverpiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was restored in 1961.^[1] It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. Its cathedra is found within the Cathedral of Our Lady.