Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht explained

Jurisdiction:Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese
Utrecht
Latin:Archidioecesis Metropolitae Ultraiectensis Latinorum
Local:Aartsbisdom Utrecht
Coat:Wapen Bisdom Utrecht.svg
Coat Size:200px
Country:Netherlands
Territory:Parts of the provinces Utrecht, Overijssel, Gelderland, and Flevoland[1]
Coordinates:52.0875°N 5.1242°W
Area Km2:10,000
Area Footnotes:[2]
Population:4,115,800
Population As Of:2020
Catholics:762,100
Catholics Percent:18.5
Denomination:Catholic
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:695, Archbishopric from 12 May 1559
Cathedral:Saint Catherine's Cathedral[3]
Patron:Saint Willibrord
Bishop:Wim Eijk[4]
Bishop Title:Archbishop
Auxiliary Bishops:Theodorus Cornelis Maria Hoogenboom
Herman Willebrordus Woorts
Emeritus Bishops:Johannes Antonius de Kok Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1982–2005)
Map:BisdomUtrechtLocatie.png

The Archdiocese of Utrecht (Latin: Archidioecesis Ultraiectensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church (or Western Church) of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. The Archbishop of Utrecht is the metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Utrecht. There are six suffragan dioceses of the province: Roman Catholic Dioceses of Breda, of Groningen-Leeuwarden, of Haarlem-Amsterdam, of Roermond, of Rotterdam, and of 's-Hertogenbosch. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is Saint Catherine's Cathedral, which replaced the prior cathedral, Saint Martin's Cathedral after it was taken by Protestants in the Reformation.

History

See main article: Diocese of Utrecht (695–1580). The diocese was founded in 695.

In the Middle Ages, the bishops of Utrecht were also prince-bishops of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht within the Holy Roman Empire. The Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht must not be confused with the Diocese of Utrecht, which was larger than the Prince-Bishopric. Over the larger area outside the Prince-Bishopric, the bishop exercised only spiritual, not temporal, authority.

In 1580, the diocese was suppressed because of the rise of Protestantism. The Dutch Mission in various forms took care of the spiritual needs of Catholics in the former diocese of Utrecht until the modern archdiocese was established in 1853.

List of archbishops from 1853

Ordinaries

Auxiliary bishops

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Achtergronden aartsbisdom. Retrieved on 2009-10-13.
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dutre.html Archdiocese of Utrecht
  3. De Kathedraal. Retrieved on 2009-10-13.
  4. Aartsbisschop. Retrieved on 2009-10-13.
  5. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhaex.html "Bishop Goswin Haex von Loenhout, O. Carm."
  6. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/byerw.html "Bishop Godefridus Yerwerd, O.S.B."
  7. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/boldenz.html "Bishop Bonaventura Engelbertz van Oldenzeel, O.F.M."
  8. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvnien.html "Bishop Nicolas Van Nienlant"