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Predominantly Catholic 
The East Belgian population is predominantly roman-catholic. Some smaller, protestant communities also exist.
The catholic church of the diocese Lüttich (Liège)
East Belgium and its 52 parishes is part of the oldest Belgian diocese Lüttich (1.040.297 inhabitants (in 2006), 70,400 of which are German speakers)
70.02% of the inhabitants of the province of Lüttich are catholic. The average number of Sunday church attendees is 10%, but this varies significantly between all regions. Within the German Language Communities, active religious church attendees exceed 30%.
In the year 2001, for the first time in Belgian history, a priest of the German Language Community was appointed bishop: Dr. Aloys Jousten (born in 1937), from Eibertingen near Amel, speaks – like many East Belgians – all three official languages, German, French and Dutch.
The Diocese:
Evêché de Liège–Bistum Lüttich:
Bischof Mgr Aloys JOUSTEN
rue de l'Evêché 25 - 4000 Liège - Tel.: 04 230 31 50 - Fax: 04 223 70 87
secretariat.general@evechedeliege.be
www.evechedeliege.be
>> about the bishop
The Deanships:
The East Belgian church is grouped into four deanships, of which Eupen-Kelmis and Malmedy coincide with the cantonal borders:
 Eupen-Kelmis:
Gemeinden Eupen, Kelmis, Lontzen und Raeren
Dechant: Helmut SCHMITZ (087 74 20 62)
Malmedy:
Gemeinden Malmedy und Weismes
Dechant: Henri BASTIN (080 33 00 26)
Büllingen:
Gemeinden Büllingen und Bütgenbach
Dechant: Herbert VILZ (080 64 71 63)
St.Vith:
Gemeinden Amel, Burg Reuland und St.Vith
Dechant: Jean POHLEN (080 34 91 09)
>> The East Belgian parishes
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