Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht

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Archdiocese of Utrecht
Archidioecesis Ultraiectensis

Saint Catherine's Cathedral in Utrecht
Location
Country Netherlands
Territory Parts of the provinces Utrecht, Overijssel, Gelderland, and Flevoland[1]
Metropolitan Utrecht[1]
Coordinates 52°05′15″N 5°07′27″E / 52.0875°N 5.12417°E / 52.0875; 5.12417Coordinates: 52°05′15″N 5°07′27″E / 52.0875°N 5.12417°E / 52.0875; 5.12417
Statistics
Area 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi)[3]
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2008)
3,979,000[2]
757,000 (19%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite[3]
Established 4 March 1853[3]
Cathedral Saint Catherine's Cathedral[4]
Patron saint Saint Willibrord
Current leadership
Pope Pope Benedict XVI
Archbishop Wim Eijk[3][5]
Emeritus Bishops Cardinal Ad Simonis[6]
Map

The location of the Archdiocese of Utrecht in the Netherlands
Website
aartsbisdom.nl

The Archdiocese of Utrecht (Latin: Archidioecesis Ultraiectensis) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. The archdiocese is the metropolitan for 6 suffragans, the dioceses of Breda, Groningen-Leeuwarden, Haarlem-Amsterdam, Roermond, Rotterdam, and 's-Hertogenbosch.

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Ordinaries

Bishops until Protestant Reformation

Archbishops

  • Frederik V Schenck van Toutenburg (1559–1580)
  • Herman van Rennenberg (1580–1592) - unable to be enthroned due to Protestantism
  • Jan van Bruhesen (1592–1600) - unable to be enthroned due to Protestantism

Apostolic Vicars of the Dutch Mission

Archbishops in partibus and Apostolic Vicars, in Utrecht

Pro-Apostolic Vicars

in Brussels:

  • Joseph Spinelli (1727–1731)
  • Vincentius Montalto (1731–1732)
  • Silvester Valenti Gonzaga (1732–1736)
  • Franciscus Goddard (1736–1737)
  • Lucas Melchior Tempi (1737–1743)
  • Petrus Paulus Testa (1744)
  • Ignatius Crivelli (1744–1755)
  • Carolus Molinari (1755–1763)
  • Batholomeus Soffredini (1763)
  • Thomas Maria Ghilini (1763–1775)
  • Joannes Antonius Maggiora (1775–1776)
  • Ignatius Busca (1776–1785)
  • Michael Causati (1785–1786)
  • Antonius Felix Zondadari (1786–1792)

in Münster and Amsterdam:

  • Caesar di Brancadoro (1792–1794)
  • Ludovicus Ciamberlani (1794–1828)

in The Hague:

Old-Catholic archbishops who notified their election to the Pope

  • Cornelius van Steenoven (1724–1725)
  • Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers (1725–1733)
  • Theodorus van der Croon (1734–1739)
  • Petrus Johannes Meindaerts (1739–1767)
  • Walter van Nieuwenhuisen (1768–1797)
  • Johannes Jacobus van Rhijn (1797–1808)
  • Willibrord van Os (1814–1825)
  • Johannes van Santen (1825–1858)
  • Henricus Loos (1858–1873)

None were recognized by the Apostolic See as legitimate. At every notification, the popes' Roman Curia would send an official decree of excommunication and schism.

For more information on the Old-Catholic hierarchy, see main article.

Roman Catholic archbishops after Restoration of the Episcopal Hierarchy

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