Editing Zeeland (section)

=== Religion ===
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Zeeland is more religious than the Netherlands as a whole, with over 53% being religious. The Dutch [[Bible Belt (Netherlands)|Bible Belt]] runs through Zeeland. [[Zeelandic Flanders]] is more religious (58.5%) than [[COROP#Zeeland province|the rest of Zeeland]] (51.6%).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Statistiek |first=Centraal Bureau voor de |date=2023-04-06 |title=5. De religieuze kaart |url=https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/longread/statistische-trends/2023/religieuze-betrokkenheid-in-nederland/5-de-religieuze-kaart |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek |language=nl-NL}}</ref> Among the religious population, [[Calvinism|Reformed Christianity (Calvinism)]] is dominant. About 16% of residents are [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]].

After being long part of the vast Franco-Flemish [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cambrai]], Zeeland got its own bishopric, the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Middelburg|Diocese of Middelburg]], on 5 December 1559, which was suppressed in 1603, its territory being merged into the [[Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (Holland)|Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia]], only to be 'restored' on 22 March 1803 as the [[Apostolic Vicariate of Breda]], which was promoted to the present large (yet counting few faithful) Diocese of Breda, whose See is in the other part, western [[North Brabant]], and enlarged further in 1955, gaining territory from the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam]].