Roman Catholic Diocese of Antwerp
In 1559, at the instance of Philip II of Spain, a new arrangement of the episcopal sees of the Low countries was made by Pope Paul IV.Finally, the famous theologian Franciscus Sonnius (from Son in Brabant) was transferred from the diocese of Bois-le-Duc to Antwerp in 1569 as first bishop of the new see, and governed it until his death in 1576.Ten years of religious and political conflict elapsed before another bishop could be appointed in the person of Laevinus Torrentius (Lieven van der Beken or Liévin van der Beken), a Leuven theologian, graceful humanist, and diplomat.In accordance with the Concordat of 1801, Pope Pius VII suppressed the see on 29 November 1801, by the Bull Qui Christi Domini vices, its former Belgian territory transferred to the Archdiocese of Mechlin, the Dutch portion to the Diocese of Breda.Many other religious orders found a shelter in Antwerp, Dominicans, Franciscans (1446), Carmelites (1494), Carthusians (1632), and female branches of the same.
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