Denomination Roman Catholic Established 4 March 1853 Area 10,000 km² Patron saint Willibrord | Rite Latin Rite Pope Francis Country Netherlands Metropolitan archbishop Wim Eijk | |
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Territory Parts of the provinces Utrecht, Overijssel, Gelderland, and Flevoland Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2014)
4,049,000
750,000 (18.5%) Cathedral St Catherine's Cathedral, Utrecht Auxiliary bishops Ted Hoogenboom, Herman Woorts | ||
The Archdiocese of Utrecht (Latin: Archidioecesis Ultraiectensis) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. It is the primatial see of the Netherlands. The Archbishop of Utrecht is the Metrolitan of the Ecclesiastical province of Utrecht. There are six suffragan dioceses in the province: Breda, Groningen-Leeuwarden, Haarlem-Amsterdam, Roermond, Rotterdam, and 's-Hertogenbosch. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is Saint Catherine Cathedral which replaced the prior cathedral, Saint Martin Cathedral, after it was taken by Protestants in the Reformation.
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Source: Radboud University Library.
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