Diocese of Maastricht


The 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
In 1971 the diocese was nominally restored as a Latin Titular see of Episcopal rank.
It has had the following incumbents :