Diocese of Liège

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The Diocese of Liège is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in present-day Belgium that once formed the spiritual core of the influential medieval Prince-Bishopric of Liège.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Diocese of Liège canonical 6
Arms of the Diocese of Liège 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin Church ecclesiastical territory
Roman Catholic diocese
associatedWithDevotion Feast of Corpus Christi
borderedByHistorical Archdiocese of Cologne
County of Namur
Duchy of Brabant
Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht
cathedral Cathedral of Saint Paul, Liège
linked to: Liège Cathedral
city Liège
country Belgium
countryAtCreation Holy Roman Empire
currentTerritoryIncludes most of the Province of Liège
small parts of neighboring provinces
denomination Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
episcopalSeeTransferredFrom Maastricht
Tongeren
episcopalSeeTransferredTo Liège
established 4th century
gainedTemporalPower 10th century
governedBy bishop of Liège
hasCoatOfArms Arms of the Diocese of Liège
linked to: Diocese of Liège
hasPatronSaint Saint Hubertus
linked to: Saint Hubert

Saint Lambert of Liège
linked to: Saint Lambert
historicalAffiliation Holy Roman Empire
Low Countries
historicalRole spiritual core of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège
languageOfLiturgy Latin
languageOfPastoralCare Dutch
French
locatedIn Province of Liège
Wallonia
lostTemporalPower 1795
metropolitanSee Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels
notableBishop Erard de la Marck
Notger
Saint Hubert of Liège
linked to: Saint Hubert

Saint Lambert of Maastricht
linked to: Saint Lambert
notableFigureInDevotion Juliana of Liège
notableShrine Basilica of Saint Martin, Liège
Basilica of Saint-Barthélemy, Liège
partOf Ecclesiastical province of Mechelen-Brussels
predecessor Diocese of Maastricht
linked to: Diocese of Tongeren

Diocese of Tongeren
religion Christianity
rite Roman Rite
seeAlso Prince-Bishopric of Liège
suiIurisChurch Latin Church
suppressedAsPrinceBishopricBy French First Republic
territorialChange boundaries adjusted after creation of the Kingdom of Belgium
lost territories to new dioceses after the Concordat of 1801

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince-Bishopric of Liège diocese Diocese of Liège
Bishopric of Antwerp predecessor Diocese of Liège
Bishopric of Antwerp borderedBy Diocese of Liège
Bishop of Liège appliesToJurisdiction Diocese of Liège
Diocese of Liège hasCoatOfArms Arms of the Diocese of Liège
linked to: Diocese of Liège