Roman Catholic Diocese of Maastricht
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maastricht was a Roman Catholic jurisdiction in parts of present Netherlands and Belgium, which has been nominally revived as a Latin titular bishopric.
History
Established in 530 as Diocese of Maastricht on the territory of the suppressed Diocese of Tongeren and Maastricht.Suppressed in 720, its territory being used to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège, which also become a great prince-bishopric within the Holy Roman Empire.
Ordinaries
Various terms of office are disputed, some bishops may be legendary- Falco
- Domitian of Huy
- Saint Monulphus, probably moved the see to Maastricht
- Saint Gondulphus of Maastricht Saint Eberigisil ? Saint Bishop Perpete
- Saint John I Agnus
- Saint Amand
- Remaclus
- Saint Theodard
- Saint Lambert, patron saint of the diocese
- Saint Hubert, patron saint of hunters and of the city
Titular see
In 1971 the diocese was nominally restored as a Latin Titular see of Episcopal rank.It has had the following incumbents :
- Petrus Joannes Antonius Moors, emeritate as former Bishop of Roermond
- Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen, as former Bishop of above Roermond ; however later Bishop of Reykjavík ; died 2013
- Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo as Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil ; later Bishop of Babahoyo, also Apostolic Administrator of Guaranda, vice-president of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador, later Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuenca
- Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag, Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua.