Roman Catholic Diocese of Tournai

The diocese of Tournai (Latin: Dioecesis Tornacensis ) has existed for over 1,500 years. The parish system today comprises essentially the Belgian province of Hainaut, in the Middle Ages but also a significant part of the former county of Flanders.

History

  • 6th century: Foundation of the Diocese of Tournai. Even in the Merovingian period this the Archdiocese Reims is assumed.
  • 626: union with the diocese of Noyon, Tournai drops to a titular.
  • 940: After the Frankish kingdom division Tournai falls together with the Middle Kingdom to the eastern kingdom, the later Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
  • 1146: Renewed separation from the Diocese of Noyon - Tournai has its own bishop again. Simultaneously, the Notre Dame Cathedral is rebuilt.
  • 1434-1438: process around the diocese at the Council of Basel.
  • 1559: reorganization of the dioceses in the former Habsburg Netherlands ( comprising the present-day Netherlands, Belgium and Northern France) at the instigation of Philip II: removal of a significant part in the north of the diocese of Tournai and reestablishment of the bishoprics of Ghent and Bruges in it. Insinuation of the Diocese of Tournai under the raised to the archbishopric of Cambrai.
  • 1801: Another ecclesiastical reorganization in the wake of the French Revolution: subordination of the Diocese of Tournai under the Archdiocese of Mechelen.

Cathedral

The Notre Dame de Tournai cathedral of the diocese of Tournai Cathedral.

Ecclesiastical province Guy Harpigny Vicar general Friar Middle Francia East Francia Spanish Netherlands Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent Roman Catholic Diocese of Antwerp Roman Catholic Diocese of Hasselt Roman Catholic Diocese of Namur
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