The Old Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht is an archdiocese within the
Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands which split from the
Archdiocese of Utrecht officially in 1723 because of the
illicit consecration of
Cornelius van Steenoven to the
episcopate
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role ...
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The first Old Catholic archbishop of Utrecht was elected in 1723. The Old Catholic archbishop of Utrecht is automatically the president of the
International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference of the
Union of Utrecht
The Union of Utrecht () was an alliance based on an agreement concluded on 23 January 1579 between a number of Habsburg Netherlands, Dutch provinces and cities, to reach a joint commitment against the king, Philip II of Spain. By joining forces ...
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Since 2020, its archbishop is
Bernd Wallet.
List of bishops
Below is the list of bishops of the modern Old Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht. For the lineage of former bishops before 1710, see ''
List of Apostolic Vicars in Utrecht of the Dutch Mission''.
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Cornelius van Steenoven (1723–1725)
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Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers
Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers (died 13 May 1733 at Rhynwyck, Netherlands) served as the Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht from 1725 to 1733.
Early life and schooling
Barchman Wuytiers was born into a noble family. He was educated at the ...
(1725–1733)
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Theodorus van der Croon (1734–1739)
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Petrus Johannes Meindaerts (1739–1767)
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Walter van Nieuwenhuisen (1768–1797)
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Johannes Jacobus van Rhijn (1797–1808)
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Willibrord van Os (1814–1825)
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Johannes van Santen (1825–1858)
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Henricus Loos (1858–1873)
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Johannes Heijkamp (1875–1892)
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Gerardus Gul (1892–1920)
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Franciscus Kenninck (1920–1937)
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Andreas Rinkel (1937–1970)
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Marinus Kok (1970–1982)
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Antonius Jan Glazemaker (1982–2000)
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Joris Vercammen (2000–2020)
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Bernd Wallet (2020-present)
See also
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Episcopal principality of Utrecht
The Bishopric of Utrecht (; ) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries, in the present-day Netherlands. From 1024 to 1528, as one of the prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire, it was ruled by the b ...
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Holland (Batavia) Mission
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Lordship of Utrecht
The Lordship of Utrecht was formed in 1528 when Charles V of Habsburg conquered the Bishopric of Utrecht, during the Guelders Wars.
In 1528, at the demand of Henry of the Palatinate, Prince-Bishop of Utrecht, Habsburg forces under Georg Sc ...
References
External links The Old Catholic Diocese of the Southeast website
''Who were the Old Catholics?'', by Canon drs. Wietse van der Velde
Catholicism in the Netherlands
Utrecht
Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...
Religious organizations established in the 1720s
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