Former Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Belgium
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maastricht (Latin Traiectum ad Mosam) was a Roman Catholic jurisdiction in parts of present
Netherlands (including the see
Maastricht) 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 (thus renamed to acknowledge Maastricht as its secondary see circa 380).
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 (1970.12.29 – death 1980.09.16), emeritate as former Bishop of
Roermond (Netherlands) (1959.01.26 – retired 1970.12.29)
Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen (1993.04.03 – 1996.05.24), as former Bishop of above Roermond (1972.01.20 – resigned 1993.01.23); however later Bishop of
Reykjavík (Iceland) (1996.05.24 – retired 2007.10.30); died 2013
Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo (2006.06.10 – 2012.02.10) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Guayaquil (Ecuador) (2006.06.10 – 2012.02.10); later Bishop of
Babahoyo (Ecuador) (2012.02.10 – 2016.06.20), also
Apostolic Administrator of
Guaranda (Ecuador) (2014 – 2014.06.24), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (2014.05.08 – ...), later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Cuenca (Ecuador) (2016.06.20 – ...)