The Diocese of Maastricht (Latin Traiectum ad Mosam) was a Roman Catholic jurisdiction in parts of present

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(including the see

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

) and

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, which has been nominally revived as a Latin

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History

Established in 530 as Diocese of Maastricht on the territory of the suppressed Diocese of Tongeren and Maastricht (thus renamed to acknowledge Maastricht as its secondary see circa 380). Suppressed in 720, its territory being used to establish the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège The Diocese of Liège ( la, Dioecesis Leodiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was erected in the 4th Century and presently covers the same territory as Belgium's Liège Pro ...

, which also become a great prince-bishopric within the

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Ordinaries

''Various terms of office are disputed, some bishops may be legendary'' * Falco (c.498-c.512) *

Domitian of Huy Domitian of Huy ( la, Domitianus; also, of Maestricht) was a Gaulish bishop of the sixth century who is noted for both his generosity and writings against heresy. He is venerated as a saint. Life Domitian was chosen bishop of Tongeren, but lat ...

(?-560) * Saint Monulphus (549-588 or 558 – 597), probably moved the see to

* Saint Gondulphus of Maastricht (589-614?) * ''Saint

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(Ebregise) ? (614-627)'' * ''Saint Bishop Perpete (? – ?)'' * Saint John I Agnus (627-647) *

Saint Amand Amandus ( 584 – 679), commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the great Christian missionaries of Flanders. He is venerated as a saint, particularly in France and Belgium. Life The chief source of details ...

(647-650) *

Saint Remaclus Saint Remaclus (Remaculus, Remacle, Rimagilus; died 673) was a Benedictine missionary bishop. Life Remaclus grew up at the Aquitanian ducal court and studied under Sulpitius the Pious, bishop of Bourges. In 625 he became a monk at Luxeuil Abb ...

(652-662) * Saint Theodard (662-669 or 669 – 670) * Saint Lambert (669-705 or later),

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of the diocese *

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(705 or before - 727),

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and of the city

Titular see

In 1971 the diocese was nominally restored as a Latin

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of Episcopal rank. It has had the following incumbents : *

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(1970.12.29 – death 1980.09.16), emeritate as former Bishop of

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(Netherlands) (1959.01.26 – retired 1970.12.29) *

Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen (October 7, 1932 – June 24, 2013) was a Dutch bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. After being Bishop ( emeritus) of Roermond, Limburg, the Netherlands, he became Bishop ( emeritus) of the Diocese of Reykjavík ...

(1993.04.03 – 1996.05.24), as former Bishop of above Roermond (1972.01.20 – resigned 1993.01.23); however later Bishop of

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(Iceland) (1996.05.24 – retired 2007.10.30); died 2013 *

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(2006.06.10 – 2012.02.10) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Ecuador) (2006.06.10 – 2012.02.10); later Bishop of Babahoyo (Ecuador) (2012.02.10 – 2016.06.20), also

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(Ecuador) (2014 – 2014.06.24), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (2014.05.08 – ...), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador) (2016.06.20 – ...) *

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(2018.02.18 - ),

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to Nicaragua.

References

External links

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