Boudewijn Catz or Cats (ca. 1601 – 18 May 1663) was
apostolic vicar
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The Apostles
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*The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles
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to the
Dutch Mission
The Holland Mission or Dutch Mission ( or ') was the common name of a Catholic Church missionary district in the Low Countries from 1592 to 1853, during and after the Protestant Reformation in the Netherlands.
History
Pre-reformation diocese a ...
from 1662 to 1663.
Life
Catz was born in
Gorinchem
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The munici ...
. He served as
vicar
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to the
Diocese of Haarlem
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
. The Dutch Republic was an officially Protestant country where Catholicism was outlawed and reduced to a minority faith. In the 1630s, a series of portraits of the Haarlem Catholic clergy was commissioned as an act of patronage towards the local artists. The portraits were for the priests' living quarters next to the secret St. Bernardus church in de Hoek on the Bakenessergracht. In 1634
Pieter de Grebber
Pieter Fransz de Grebber (c.1600–1652/3)Between September 24, 1652, and January 29, 1653 was a Dutch Golden Age Dutch Golden Age painting, painter.
Life
De Grebber was born in Haarlem, the oldest son of Frans Pietersz de Grebber (1573†...
painted Catz.
Biesboer, P., ''Collections of Paintings in Haarlem, 1572-1745'', Getty Publications, 2001, p.30
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On the death of Jacobus de la Torre, Vicar Apostolic of the Dutch Mission, Catz was appointed his successor on 31 May 1662. On 9 September 1662, in Cologne
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he was consecrated titular archbishop of Philippi.
He already seems to have been mentally weak at the time of his appointment as vicar apostolic and died insane in Leuven
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. During his time as vicar apostolic he was wholly guided by his coadjutor, Van Neercassel, who succeeded him.[Agten, Els. ''The Catholic Church and the Dutch Bible: From the Council of Trent to the Jansenist Controversy (1564–1733)'', BRILL, 2020, p.30, n.71]
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References
Sources
*''De Katholieke Encyclopaedie'' (Amsterdam, 1938)
1600s births
1663 deaths
Apostolic vicars of the Holland (Batavia) Mission
People from Gorinchem
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