Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht
Archdiocese of Utrecht Archidioecesis Ultraiectensis Aartsbisdom Utrecht | |
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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 / 52.08750°N 5.12417°ECoordinates: 52°05′15″N 5°07′27″E / 52.08750°N 5.12417°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi)[2] |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 4,049,000 750,000 (18.5%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite[2] |
Established | 4 March 1853[2] |
Cathedral | Saint Catherine's Cathedral[3] |
Patron saint | Saint Willibrord |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Wim Eijk[2][4] |
Auxiliary Bishops |
Theodorus Cornelis Maria Hoogenboom Herman Willebrordus Woorts |
Emeritus Bishops |
Adrianus Johannes Simonis Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus (1983-2007) Johannes Antonius de Kok Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1982-2005) |
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. It is the main see of the ecclesiastical province of Utrecht. The archbishop is the metropolitan of all six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Utrecht: the dioceses of Breda, Groningen-Leeuwarden, Haarlem-Amsterdam, Roermond, Rotterdam, and 's-Hertogenbosch. As these dioceses cover the entire present Netherlands, the Archbishop of Utrecht is considered the first bishop of the country although the title of Primate of the Netherlands strictly speaking still belongs to the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel, now in Belgium. The liturgical center of the archdiocese of Utrecht is the historic Saint Catherine Cathedral which replaced the prior cathedral, Saint Martin Cathedral, after it was taken by Protestants in the revolt.
History
Historic diocese and archdiocese
Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia
Mission sui iuris of Batavia
Ordinaries
Bishops until Protestant Reformation
- St. Willibrord (Clemens) (695–739)
- Wera (739?–752/3)
- St. Eoban (753–754)
- St. Gregory of Utrecht (754–775)
- St. Alberic of Utrecht (775–784)
- Theodardus (784–790)
- Hamacarus (790–806)
- Ricfried (806–815/16)
- Frederick of Utrecht (815/16–834/38)
- Alberik II (834/8–845)
- Eginhard (ca. 845)
- Liudger (ca. 848–854)
- St. Hunger (854–866)
- Adalbold I (866–899)
- St. Radboud (899/900–917)
- Balderic (917/8–975/6)
- Folcmar (976–990)
- Baldwin I (991–995)
- St. Ansfried (995–1010)
- Adalbold II (1010–1026)
- Bernold (1026/7–1054)
- William I (1054–1076)
- Conrad (1076–1099)
- Burchard (1100–1112)
- Godbald (1114–1127)
- Andreas van Cuijk (1127/8–1139)
- Hartbert (1139–1150)
- Herman van Horne (1151–1156)
- Godfrey van Rhenen (1156–1178)
- Baldwin II van Holland (1178–1196)
- Arnold I van Isenburg (1196–1197)
- Dirk I van Holland (1197)
- Dirk II van Are (van Ahr) (1197/8–1212)
- Otto I (bishop) (1212–1215)
- Otto II van Lippe (1216–1227)
- Wilbrand van Oldenburg (1227–1233)
- Otto III van Holland (1233–1249)
- Gozewijn van Amstel (van Randerath) (1249–1250)
- Henry I van Vianden (1250/2–1267)
- John I van Nassau (1267–1290)
- John II van Sierck (1290–1296)
- Willem II Berthout (1296–1301)
- Guy van Avennes (1301–1317)
- Frederik II van Sierck (1317–1322)
- Jacob van Oudshoorn (1322)
- Jan III van Diest (1322–1340)
- Jan IV van Arkel (1342–1364)
- Jan V van Virneburg (1364–1371)
- Arnold II van Hoorn (1371–1379)
- Floris van Wevelinkhoven (1379–1393)
- Frederik III van Blankenheim (1393–1423)
- Rudolf van Diepholt (1423–1455)
- Zweder van Culemborg (1425–1433)
- Walraven van Meurs (1434–1448)
- Gijsbrecht van Brederode (1455–1456)
- David van Bourgondië (1456–1496)
- Frederick IV of Baden (1496–1517)
- Philip of Burgundy (1517–1524)
- Henry of the Palatinate (bishop) (1524–1529)
- Willem III van Enckenvoirt (1529–1534)
- George van Egmond (1534–1559)
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
Roman Catholic archbishops after Restoration of the Episcopal Hierarchy
- Johannes Zwijsen (1853–1868)
- Andreas Ignatius Schaepman (1868–1882)
- Petrus Matthias Snickers (1883–1895)
- Henricus van de Wetering (1895–1929)
- Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen (1930–1936)
- Johannes de Jong (1936–1955)
- Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1955–1975)
- Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands (1975–1983)
- Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1983–2007)
- Willem Jacobus Eijk (since 2007)
Source: Radboud University Library.[5]
See also
- Bishopric of Utrecht
- Dutch Mission
- History of religion in the Netherlands
- Roman Catholicism in the Netherlands
- Religion in Belgium
- Religion in the Netherlands
References
- 1 2 (Dutch) Achtergronden aartsbisdom. Retrieved on 2009-10-13.
- 1 2 3 4 Archdiocese of Utrecht. Retrieved on 2009-10-13.
- ↑ (Dutch) De Kathedraal. Retrieved on 2009-10-13.
- ↑ (Dutch) Aartsbisschop. Retrieved on 2009-10-13.
- ↑ "Lijst van Nederlandse bisschoppen sinds 1853". ru.nl/kdc (in Dutch). Nijmegen: Radboud Universiteit. Katholiek Documentatie Centrum. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
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