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Archdiocese of Utrecht

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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Erected: 4 March 1853
  • Metropolitan See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Square Kilometers: 10,000 (3,862 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.aartsbisdom.nl/
  • Mailing Address: Aartsbisdom, Maliebaan 38-40, 3581 EA Utrecht; P.B. 14019, 3508 SB Utrech, Nederland
  • Telephone: (030)236.15.70
  • Fax: 231.19.62

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Utrecht
695ErectedDiocese of Utrecht (erected)
12 May 1559Territory LostDiocese of Münster
Diocese of Utrecht
Diocese of Groningen (erected)
12 May 1559Territory LostDiocese of Utrecht Diocese of Haarlem (erected)
Diocese of Leeuwarden (erected)
12 May 1559Territory LostDiocese of Münster
Diocese of Utrecht
Diocese of Deventer (erected)
Archdiocese of Utrecht
12 May 1559Territory LostDiocese of Cambrai
Diocese of Tournai {Doornik}
Archdiocese of Utrecht
Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand} (erected)
12 May 1559ElevatedDiocese of Utrecht Archdiocese of Utrecht
1580SuppressedArchdiocese of Utrecht (suppressed)
Archdiocese of Utrecht
4 March 1853ErectedMission "Sui Iuris" of Batavia (Holland Mission) Diocese of Haarlem (erected)
Archdiocese of Utrecht (erected)
16 July 1955Territory LostArchdiocese of Utrecht (Groningen, Friesland, and Drenthe, along with the Noord-Oost-Polder) Diocese of Groningen (erected)
12 September 1964Territory LostArchdiocese of Utrecht Diocese of Groningen
6 November 2010Territory LostArchdiocese of Utrecht (St. Paul in Nieuw-Loosdrecht) Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam
6 November 2010Territory LostArchdiocese of Utrecht (Saint Hippolytus in Kamerik) Diocese of Rotterdam

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Utrecht
1950624,0001,872,00033.3%729729855377ap1951
1969849,9822,856,44929.8%768127895949127355ap1971
1980942,0003,266,00028.8%4725501,02292119503,000359ap1981
1990901,8623,521,32225.6%3785148921,011247942,383362ap1991
1999800,0003,000,00026.7%2762762,898551531,550355ap2000
2000852,7523,751,37922.7%2741083822,232602561,551348ap2001
2001835,8233,779,49922.1%2861083942,121542791,335218ap2002
2002834,3483,783,69922.1%2853436281,328635081,259342ap2003
2003832,0683,937,37621.1%2523325841,424624911,137316ap2004
2004829,1843,836,64921.6%2623155771,437694631,057336ap2005
2010757,0003,979,00019.0%2142114251,78185320697234ap2011
2014750,0004,049,00018.5%1581833412,19984288540232ap2015
2017753,7004,070,30018.5%1401833232,3337928354053ap2018
2020762,1004,115,80018.5%1241833072,4827428354047ap2021
2022689,0004,292,43016.1%1171833002,2967128354046ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Utrecht
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 490, and Page 491
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 253
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 316
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 255, to Page 256
  • Archdiocese of Utrecht
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 574, and Page 575
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 383
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