Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent, (Latin: Dioecesis Gandavensis), also known as (Ghent) or (Gand); is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was erected in 1559 from the surrounding dioceses in Belgium. The Current Bishop is Lucas von Looy, who was appointed in 2003. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels.

Although it originally had a much greater extent, the diocese is now coextensive with the Belgian province of East Flanders, in addition to and the municipality of Zwijndrecht, which is in the secular Province of Antwerp.

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