Affiliation Roman Catholic Province South Holland Opened 1892 Municipality Pijnacker-Nootdorp Ecclesiastical or organizational status Parish church | Rite Latin Rite Heritage designation Rijksmonument 525173 Region The Hague Year consecrated 1892 Architect Adrianus Bleijs | |
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Location Oostlaan 38, Pijnacker, Netherlands Leadership Roman Catholic Diocese of Rotterdam | ||
The church of Saint John the Baptist (or as written by the parish H. Joannes de Dooper or as a variant in Dutch Sint Johannes de Doper) is a Roman Catholic church in Pijnacker. The church is cruciform and built in the neo-Roman style. It was built in 1892 and at that time was within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem which was later renamed the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam. When diocesan boundaries were redrawn it became part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rotterdam. It is the work of architect, Adrianus Bleijs. The name of the church has several variations. The parish website officially shows it as "H. Joannes de Dooper," (with no "h" and with two "o"s) but others list it as Heilige (or Sint) Johannes de Doper (with an "h" and with only one "o.") Above the entrance door of the church is found a bas-relief showing the baptism of Jesus by John.
The organ was built in 1899 by P.J. Adema and Sons.
The church is a registered national monument along with the attached presbytery.