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Diocese of Rotterdam

Dioecesis Roterodamensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 16 July 1955
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Utrecht
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Square Kilometers: 3,403 (1,314 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.bisdomrotterdam.nl/
  • Mailing Address: Bisdom, Koningin Emmaplein 3, 3016 AA Rotterdam, Nederland
  • Telephone: (010)281.5171
  • Fax: 436.71.90

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
16 July 1955ErectedDiocese of Haarlem (Zuid-Holland) Diocese of Rotterdam (erected)
20 April 1968Territory AddedDiocese of Haarlem (St. Matthias in Warmond; Lakenpolder Island of Saint John the Baptist in De Kaag) Diocese of Rotterdam
6 November 2010Territory AddedArchdiocese of Utrecht (Saint Hippolytus in Kamerik) Diocese of Rotterdam

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1969788,0003,000,00026.3%4315901,0217718302,695207ap1971
1980794,7233,074,59225.8%3344487821,0166101,634206ap1981
1990777,5213,254,18823.9%2543275811,338224581,125202ap1991
1996697,9123,389,82920.6%2002954951,40934470670194ap2000
2000697,9123,389,82920.6%2002954951,40934470670194ap2001
2001697,9123,389,82920.6%2002954951,40934487670194ap2002
2002580,5553,509,74716.5%1642384021,44434390400191ap2003
2003577,3903,511,12516.4%1442383821,51135381386182ap2004
2004579,8163,527,89516.4%1532383911,48238382362154ap2005
2010528,0003,555,00014.9%1352483831,37838376223136ap2011
2014531,6003,655,00014.5%1102483581,4843428916375ap2015
2017487,0003,714,00013.1%97691662,933309512458ap2018
2020476,0003,798,00012.5%83541373,47427786757ap2021
2022445,0003,852,00011.6%77491263,53126635958ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 48, Page 65, to Page 68
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 60, Page 228, and Page 229
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 103, Page 135, and Page 136

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