Roman Catholic Diocese of Bruges

Diocese of Bruges Dioecesis Brugensis Bisdom Brugge (Dutch) Diocèse de Bruges (French) Bistum Brügge (German)
St. Salvator's Cathedral in Bruges
Location
Country	Belgium
Ecclesiastical province	Mechelen-Brussels
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels
Coordinates	51°12′18″N 3°13′21″E / 51.204977°N 3.222416°E / 51.204977; 3.222416
Statistics
Area	3,145 km2 (1,214 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2020) 1,197,690 846,400 (70.7%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12 May 1559
Cathedral	St. Salvator's Cathedral in Bruges
Patron saint	Donatian of Reims
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Lodewijk Aerts
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jozef De Kesel
Bishops emeritus	Roger Vangheluwe
Map
The diocese of Bruges, coextensive with the province of West Flanders
Website
https://www.kerknet.be/organisatie/bisdom-brugge

The Diocese of Bruges (Latin: Dioecesis Brugensis; 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 metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, which covers all of Belgium.

A diocese from 1558 to its suppression in 1801, in 1832 it became a pre-diocesan apostolic vicariate as the Apostolic Administration of West Flanders.^[1] Its territory coincides with West Flanders.

The episcopal see of the diocese is St. Salvator's Cathedral, dedicated to Our Savior, in Bruges, West Flanders, which is also a minor basilica. The patron saint of the diocese is Donatian of Reims,^[2] so the cathedral is also known as Sint-Salvators- en Donaaskathedraal.