NETHERLANDS
UTRECHT
Catholicism was introduced in the southern parts of the Netherlands in the 4th century. It was however only after the convertion of the Frisians, in 695, that the first Dutch diocese of Utrecht - which became an Archdiocese in 1559 - was erected. After the introduction of the Reformation in 1573 the regular hierarchy was replaced in the Reformed part of the country by the Apostolic Vicariate of the Netherlands, the so-called "Hollandse Zending" (Hollandic Mission) which formally continued to exist until 1853 when the regular hierarchy was re-established (1) (1) In 1717 the resident Vicar Apostolic was expelled by the Netherlands government and in 1727 the Papal envoys to the Southern Netherlands, toke charge of the mission. As to the (Reformed) Netherlands themselves, they were now divided into 7 Archpriestships : - Drenthe en Salland - Holland en Zeeland - Gelderland - Twente - Groningen - Utrecht - Friesland (Two Archpriestships in Germany - Kleef and Lingen - also were part of the jurisdiction) For the parts of the Netherlands which remained Catholic see : - Breda - 's-Hertogenbosch - Roermond, which also covered lands not part of the United Provinces, (future Limburg) See also the OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH which emerged in this period. __________________________________________________________________________________ Archbishops 1868 - 1882 Andreas Ignatius Schaepman 1... - 1882 1883 - 1895 Petrus Matthias Snickers 1816 - 1895 1895 - 1929 Henricus van de Wetering 1850 - 1929 1930 - 1936 Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen 1868 - 1936 1936 - 1955 Johannes de Jong 1885 - 1955 ____________________________________________________________________________ The suffragans to Utrecht in 1945 were: Breda Haarlem 's-Hertogenbosch Roermond __________________________________________________________________________________ BREDA In 1803 the northern part of the Diocese of Antwerpen in the Southern Netherlands - covering part of Netherlands Brabant - became the separate Apostolic Vicariate of Breda. It became a Diocese in 1853. Bishops 1868 - 1874 Johannes van Genk 1... - 1874 1874 - 1884 Henricus van Beek 1816 - 1884 1884 - 1914 Petrus Leyten 1834 - 1914 1914 - 1951 Petrus Hopmans 1865 - 1951 HAARLEM The Diocese of Haarlem was erected in 1559 as a suffragan to Utrecht. It was suppressed in 1580 and restored in 1853. Bishops 1861 - 1877 Gerardus Petrus Wilmer 1800 - 1877 1877 - 1883 Petrus Matthias Snickers s.a. 1883 - 1903 Caspar Josephus Bottemanne 1823 - 1903 1903 - 1928 Augustinus Josephus Callier 1849 - 1928 1928 - 1935 Johannes Dominicus Joseph Aengenent 1873 - 1935 1935 - 1960 Johannes Petrus Huibers 1875 - 1969 's-HERTOGENBOSCH The Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch was erected in 1559 as a suffragan of Utrecht. It was suppressed in 1629 and restored as an Apostolic Vicariate in 1648, becoming again a Diocese in 1853. Bishops 1853 - 1877 Johannes Zwijsen 1794 - 1877 1878 - 1892 Adrianus Godschalk 1819 - 1892 1892 - 1919 Wilhelmus van de Ven 1834 - 1919 1919 - 1943 Arnold Frans Diepen 1860 - 1943 1943 - 1960 Wilhelmus Petrus Mutsaerts 1889 - 1964 ROERMOND The Diocese of Roermond was erected in 1559 as a suffragan to Utrecht. It was suppressed in 1801, but after the creation of the Duchy of Limburg it was restored in 1840 as the Apostolic Vicariate Limburg. It again became a Diocese in 1853. Bishops 1853 - 1886 Johannes Augustus Paredis 1... - 1886 1886 - 1900 Franciscus Antonius Boermans 1815 - 1900 1900 - 1913 Josephus Hubertus Drehmanns 1843 - 1913 1914 - 1932 Laurentius Josephus Antonius Hubertus Schrijnen 1861 - 1932 1932 - 1957 Josephus Hubertus Gulielmus Lemmens 1884 - 1960
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