Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam
Harlemen(sis)-Amstelodamen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Haarlem–Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam is a Latin Church diocese covering northwestern Netherlands including North Holland and Amsterdam, originally established in 1559 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Utrecht. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Bavo in Haarlem, led by Bishop Johannes Hendriks since 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 May 1559
- Latin
- Harlemen(sis)-Amstelodamen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Bavo
- Annuario code
- 001001564
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 455,320
- Population
- 3,117,170
- Catholic share
- 14.6%
- Priests
- 162
- Catholics per priest
- 2,811
- Extent
- 2,912 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 156
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks
- Born
- 17 November 1954
- Birthplace
- Leidschendam
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Bavo stands in Haarlem–Amsterdam, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Utrecht
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Utrecht.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BredaBreda
- Diocese of Groningen–LeeuwardenGroningen–Leeuwarden
- Diocese of RoermondRoermond
- Diocese of RotterdamRotterdam
- Archdiocese of UtrechtUtrecht
- Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch’s-Hertogenbosch
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The north west of the Netherlands, including Haarlem (capital of North Holland) and Amsterdam (in the same province and Dutch nominal national capital), makes up the territory of the Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam (Dutch: Bisdom Haarlem-Amsterdam, Latin: Dioecesis Harlemensis-Amstelodamensis). It is one of the seven suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan archbishop of Utrecht, and since 2020 its bishop has been Johannes Hendriks.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].