The Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. It is the

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of Belgium and the centre of the

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governed by the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, which covers the whole of Belgium. It was formed in 1559 and the

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has a

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in two cathedrals,

St. Rumbold's Cathedral St. Rumbold's Cathedral ( nl, Sint-Romboutskathedraal, french: Cathédrale Saint-Rombaut) is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, Roman Catholic metropolitan archiepiscopal cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium, dedicated to Rumbold of ...

Mechelen Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...

and the

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Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

. The current archbishop is

Jozef De Kesel Jozef De Kesel (born 17 June 1947) is a Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 2016 and Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels since 2015. He served as Bishop of Bruges from 2010 to 2015. Early life De Kesel was bor ...

, who was installed in November 2015.

Overview

The Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels consists of the

Province of Brabant The Province of Brabant (, , ) was a province in Belgium from 1830 to 1995. It was created in 1815 as South Brabant, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. In 1995, it was split into the Dutch-speaking Flemish Brabant, the French-speak ...

in addition to eight

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in the

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, including

Bonheiden Bonheiden () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Bonheiden proper and Rijmenam. In 2021, Bonheiden had a total population of 15,177. The total area is 29.27 km2 (11.30 sq ...

Duffel Duffel () is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Duffel proper. On 1 January 2020, Duffel had a total population of 17,664. The total area is 22.71 km² which gives a population dens ...

and

Sint-Katelijne-Waver Sint-Katelijne-Waver (, old spelling: ''Kathelijne-Waver''; french: Wavre-Sainte-Catherine, ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver and Sint-Katelijne-Waver p ...

. In 1995, the

was later split into three areas: * the Dutch-speaking province of

Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant ( nl, Vlaams-Brabant ; french: Brabant flamand ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Haina ...

; * the bilingual

Brussels-Capital Region Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

; * the French-speaking province of

Walloon Brabant Walloon Brabant (french: Brabant wallon ; nl, Waals-Brabant ; wa, Roman Payis) is a province located in Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the province of Flemish Brabant (Flemish Region) and ...

. The Church did not form new dioceses to fit with this, instead three vicariates general were created, with their own auxiliary bishop, to accommodate the three regional entities.

Language issues

The name differs in the diocese's two languages; the Dutch name of the see is ''Mechelen–Brussel'' and in French, it is called ''Malines–Bruxelles''. In English,

was traditionally called ''Mechlin'' or ''Malines'' but now it more commonly remains being called ''Mechelen.'' Both ''Brussel'' and ''Bruxelles'' are called ''

.''

Cathedrals

The duality of the Belgian archbishopric is also reflected in its two active co-cathedrals:

in Mechelen and St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral in Brussels.

Collegiate Churches and Chapters

Former Chapters in the archdiocese. * Chapter of Our-Lady: Cathedral of Mechelen * Chapter of Saint-Peter: Leuven * Chapter of Saint John the Baptist: Diest * Chapter of Saint-Sulpicius: Diest * Chapter of Our-Lady: Aarschot * Chapter of Saint-Leonard: Zouleeuw * Chapter of Saint-Germanus: Tillemont * Chapter of Saint-Michael and Gudule: Brussels Cathedral * Chapter of Saint-Peter: Anderlecht * Chapter of Our Lady and Saint-Martin: Aalst * Chapter of Saint-Peter: Ninove * Chapter of Saint-Peter: Rosmay * Chapter of Saint-Hermes * Chapter of Saint-Berland: Meerbeek * Chapter of Saint-Paul: Nivelles * Chapter of Saint-Gertrud: Nivelles

Abbeys

In the territory of the Diocese important abbeys can be found: *

Averbode Abbey Averbode Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey situated in Averbode, in the municipality Scherpenheuvel-Zichem ( Flemish Brabant), in the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels in Belgium. It was founded about 1134, suppressed in 1797, and reestablished ...

Affligem Abbey Affligem Abbey ( nl, Abdij Affligem, french: Abbaye d'Affligem) is a Benedictine abbey in the municipality of Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, to the north-west of Brussels. Dedicated in 1086, it was the most important monastery in the Du ...

Bornem Abbey Bornem Abbey is the only Cistercian abbey of Common Observance in the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. The current Abbey is the successor of the former St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem, destroyed in the French Revolution. Both are built in honour ...

Forest Abbey Forest Abbey (french: Abbaye de Forest) or Vorst Abbey ( nl, Abdij van Vorst) was a Benedictines, Benedictine abbey located in the Brussels List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, municipality of Forest, Belgium, Forest, Belgium ...

Grimbergen Abbey Grimbergen Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery in Grimbergen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, established in 1128 in the place of an earlier foundation of Augustinian Canons. The abbey itself was dissolved in 1796 in the aftermath of the French ...

Groenendael Priory Groenendael Priory (french: links=no, Prieuré de Groenendael; nl, links=no, priorij van Groenendaal; meaning, "green valley"; alternate, Gruenendale) is located in the Forest of Soignes in the municipality of Hoeilaart in the Flemish Brabant, ...

Dieleghem Abbey Dieleghem Abbey (french: Abbaye de Dieleghem) or Dielegem Abbey ( nl, Abdij van Dielegem) is a former abbey located in the Brussels municipality of Jette, Belgium. History The oldest reference to the abbey dates from 1095, when the Bishop o ...

* St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem *

Keizersberg Abbey Keizersberg Abbey, also known as Mont César Abbey ( nl, Abdij van Keizersberg; french: Abbaye du Mont-César) is a Benedictine monastery on the hill ''Keizersberg'' or ''Mont César'' in the north of the university town of Leuven, Belgium. Hi ...

Kortenberg Abbey Kortenberg Abbey, sometimes referred to as Cortemberg Abbey (founded 1095; suppressed 1798), was a monastery of Benedictine nuns at Kortenberg in the Duchy of Brabant. It is now a diocesan retreat centre under the name OAK: Old Abbey of Kortenberg ...

La Cambre Abbey La Cambre Abbey (french: Abbaye de La Cambre, ) or Ter Kameren Abbey ( nl, Abdij Ter Kameren) is a former Cistercian abbey in the City of Brussels, Belgium. It is located in the Maelbeek valley between the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos an ...

Park Abbey Park Abbey ( nl, Abdij van Park; also Parc Abbey) is a Premonstratensian abbey in Belgium, at Heverlee just south of Leuven, in Flemish Brabant. The '' Annales Parchenses'' were written here in the 12th century. History The abbey was founded in ...

* Rouge-Cloître Abbey *

Vlierbeek Abbey Vlierbeek Abbey ( nl, Abdij van Vlierbeek) is a former Benedictine abbey to the north-east of Leuven in Belgium, in the sub-district Kessel-Lo. History On the abbey site in 1127 a priory was founded by Affligem Abbey, to whom Godfrey I of Lou ...

Sheen Anglorum Charterhouse Sheen Anglorum Charterhouse, also known as the Charterhouse of Jesus of Bethlehem and as Nieuwpoort Charterhouse ( nl, Kartuize Nieuwpoort), was a community of English Carthusians in exile in what is now Belgium after 1539 and the Dissolution of th ...

History

The Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussels was historically primate of the whole of the

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following the 1559 reorganisation creating fifteen dioceses. Over time, the two other ecclesiastical provinces broke from Mechelen–Brussels' primacy.

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was already in France and its kings managed gradually to annex French Flanders, and

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and its suffragans in the Dutch republic (later kingdom) would long have their hierarchy suspended because the northern state was a champion of "anti-papist" Calvinism. The Napoleonic 1801 concordat re-drew the whole map again. The country, by tradition, has the Archbishop of Mechelen made a cardinal. The Archdiocese of Mechelen was renamed the Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels on 8 December 1961 as part of a restructuring of the Catholic dioceses in Belgium. Two new dioceses were created. On the same day, the

Diocese of Antwerp The Diocese of Antwerp is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was restored in 1961. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metrop ...

was created from areas previously administered by the Archdiocese of Mechelen. Six years later the Diocese of Hasselt was also created. This meant that the new dioceses largely corresponding to the

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. Most of the Catholic Church's presence in the

(except in the municipality of Mechelen) was made into the

. Archbishop André-Joseph Leonard succeeded Cardinal Danneels in January 2010. On 22 February 2011,

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

appointed: Fr.

Jean Kockerols Jean Kockerols (born 13 August 1958 in Brecht, Belgium) is a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Belgium. Kockerols was ordained a priest on 18 September 1993 and was later the Dean of Brussels-South. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Ar ...

, Fr. Jean-Luc Hudsyn, and Fr. Leon Lemmens as Auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. Upon reaching 75 years Leonard tendered his resignation, which was accepted. In the autumn of 2015 Pope Francis appointed the bishop of Bruges, Jozef De Kesel, as the new archbishop, who was created Cardinal in 2016.

Heraldry

Bishops

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Mechelen

# Cardinal

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (20 August 151721 September 1586), Comte de La Baume Saint Amour, was a Bisontin ( Free Imperial City of Besançon) statesman, made a cardinal, who followed his father as a leading minister of the Spanish Habsb ...

(1561–1582) #

Joannes Hauchin Joannes Hauchin (1527 – 1589) was the second Archbishop of Mechelen from 1583 to 1589. His term as Archbishop was marked by the disturbances attendant on the Dutch Revolt. Emile Van Arenbergh, "Hauchin (Jean)", ''Biographie Nationale de Belg ...

(1583–1589) #

Mathias Hovius Mathias Hovius (1542–1620), born Matthijs Van Hove, was the third Archbishop of Mechelen from 1596 to 1620. As Archbishop, Hovius presided over implementing the Catholic Reformation in the Spanish Netherlands. Early career Hovius was born in M ...

(1596–1620) #

Jacobus Boonen Jacobus Boonen (1573–1655) was the sixth Bishop of Ghent (1617–1620) and the fourth Archbishop of Mechelen (1621–1655). Life Born at Antwerp on 11 October 1573, Boonen studied at the University of Leuven from 1587 to 1595 and began a leg ...

(1621–1655) #

Andreas Creusen Andreas Creusen (1591–1666) was a Dutch Catholic clergyman who became bishop of Roermond (1651–1657) and Archbishop of Mechelen (1657–1666). Biography Creusen was born in Maastricht and studied at the Latin school and the Jesuit college o ...

(1657–1666) #

Joannes Wachtendonck Jean de Wachtendonck, Latinized Joannes (1592–1668) was the eighth bishop of Namur, in the Spanish Netherlands Spanish Netherlands (Spanish: Países Bajos Españoles; Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas espagnols; German: Spanische N ...

(1667–1668) #

Alphonse de Berghes Alphonse or Alfons, Count de Berghes – Glymes (1624 – 7 June 1689) was Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium. He was appointed 7th Archbishop in 1670. Family Alphonse was born in Brussels, and was a member of the important house of Glymes, his ...

(1670–1689) #

Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano (12 September 1627 in Rougemont, France – 9 June 1711 in Mechelen) was Archbishop of Mechelen (now in Belgium). Life He was the son of Achilles de Precipiano, Baron of Soye and anna de Montrichard. He re ...

(1690–1711) # Thomas-Philippe d'Alcase (1715–1759) (Cardinal in 1719) #

Joannes-Henricus von Franckenberg Johann Heinrich, Graf von Frankenberg (18 September 1726 – 11 June 1804) was Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, Mechelen, primate (bishop), Primate of the Low Countries, and a cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal. He s ...

(1759–1801) (Cardinal in 1778) # Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure (1802–1809) #

Dominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt Abbé Dominique G. F. de Rion de Prolhiac Dufour or de Fourt de Pradt (23 April 1759 in Allanches (Auvergne, France) – 18 March 1837 in Paris) was a French clergyman and ambassador. In 1804 he became a secretary of Napoleon, in 1805 Bishop of ...

(1809–1817) #

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(1817–1831) #

Engelbert Sterckx Engelbert Sterckx (2 November 1792 – 4 December 1867), was the Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium from 1832 to 1867. Life Engelbert (Engelbertus) Sterckx was born 2 November 1792 in Ophem, Brabant. His parents were farmers. He began his studies in ...

(1832–1867) (Cardinal in 1838) # Victor-Auguste-Isidore Dechamps (1867–1883) (Cardinal in 1875) # Pierre-Lambert Goosens (1884–1906) (Cardinal in 1889) # Desiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier (1906–1926) (Cardinal in 1907) #

Jozef-Ernest van Roey Jozef-Ernest van Roey (13 January 1874 – 6 August 1961) was a Belgian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Mechelen from 1926 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1927. He was significant fig ...

(1926–1961) (Cardinal in 1927)

Archbishops of Mechelen-Brussels

Leo Joseph Suenens Leo Jozef Suenens ( ) (16 July 1904 – 6 May 1996) was a Belgian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels from 1961 to 1979, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1962. Suenens was a leading voice at ...

(1962–1979), see name changed 2 weeks after 1961 appointment (Cardinal in 1962) #

Godfried Danneels Godfried Maria Jules Danneels (4 June 1933 – 14 March 2019) was a Belgian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and the chairman of the episcopal conference of his native countr ...

(1979–2010) (Cardinal in 1983) #

André-Joseph Léonard André-Joseph Léonard (born 6 May 1940) is a Belgian prelate who served as the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and Primate of Belgium after his installation on 27 February 2010. He had previously served as Bishop of Namur from 1991 until 2010 u ...

(2010–2015) #

(2015–present) (Cardinal in 2016)

Coadjutor Archbishop

* Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn ( 1751-1756), resigned (did not succeed to this see), and soon appointed Bishop of Vác, Hungary; future Prince-Archbishop of Vienna (1757-1803 ) and Cardinal (1761)

Auxiliary Bishops

* Charles André Anthonis (1868-1893) * Étienne Joseph Carton de Wiart (1934-1945), appointed

Bishop of Tournai The Diocese of Tournai is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was formed in 1146, upon the dissolution of the Diocese of Noyon & Tournai, which had existed since the 7th Century. It is ...

* Jan De Bie (1987-2009) * Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J. (1982-2002) * Josef De Kesel (2002-2010), appointed

Bishop of Bruges The Diocese of Bruges (in Dutch Bisdom Brugge) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitan Arch ...

; later returned here as Archbishop; future Cardinal * Emiel-Jozef De Smedt 1950–1952), appointed Bishop of Bruges * Jean-Luc Hudsyn (2011-) *

(2011-) *

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(1982-2002) * Louis Joseph Legraive (1907-1940) *

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(2011-2017) * Pepin de Rosa, O.P. (1562-1569) * Paul Constant Schoenmaekers (1952-1986) *

Leo Jozef Suenens Leo Jozef Suenens ( ) (16 July 1904 – 6 May 1996) was a Belgian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels from 1961 to 1979, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1962. Suenens was a leading voice at ...

(1945-1961), appointed Archbishop here; future Cardinal * Jean Marie van Cauwenbergh (1930-1950) * Victor-Jean-Joseph-Marie van den Branden de Reeth (1879-1909) *

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(1893-1908) * Honoré Marie Van Waeyenbergh (1954-1971) *

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(1982-2010), appointed

Bishop of Namur The Diocese of Namur is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province in the metropolit ...

* Koenraad Vanhoutte (2018-) * Ghislain de Vroede (1570-1579) *

Antoine Alphonse de Wachter Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana ...

(1909-1932)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Joseph-Léon Cardijn, appointed titular archbishop and Cardinal in 1965 * Amédée Marie Léon Crooy (Crooij), appointed Bishop of Tournai in 1915 * Victor-Auguste-Isidore Dechamps, C.SS.R. (priest here, 1834–1836), appointed Bishop of Namur in 1865; later returned here as Archbishop; future Cardinal * Maximilien de Fürstenberg, appointed apostolic delegate and titular archbishop in 1949; future Cardinal * Lodewijk-Jozef Delebecque, appointed Bishop of Ghent in 1838 *

Pierre-Lambert Goossens Pierre-Lambert Goossens (18 July 1827 – 25 January 1906) was a Belgium, Belgian Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Brussels-Mechelen, Archbishop of Mechelen from 1884 until his death, and w ...

, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Namur in 1883; later returned here as Archbishop; future Cardinal *

Jean Jadot Jean Jadot (23 November 1909 – 21 January 2009) was a Belgian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as apostolic delegate to the United States (the first non-Italian to do so) from 1973 to 1980, and President of the Secretariat for N ...

, appointed apostolic delegate and titular archbishop in 1968

References

Bibliography

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External links

Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels Dutch-language site

Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels French-language site
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