Diocese of Rotterdam
Roterodamen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Diocese of Rotterdam is a Latin Church diocese covering the Dutch province of South Holland, erected in 1955 from the Diocese of Haarlem and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Utrecht. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saints Lawrence and Elizabeth in Rotterdam, led by Bishop Hans van den Hende since 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 July 1955
- Latin
- Roterodamen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Lawrence and Saint Elizabeth
- Annuario code
- 001002774
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 476,000
- Population
- 3,798,000
- Catholic share
- 12.5%
- Priests
- 153
- Catholics per priest
- 3,111
- Extent
- 8,326 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 57
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
- Hans van den Hende
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 Saints Lawrence and Elizabeth stands in Rotterdam, 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 Haarlem–AmsterdamHaarlem–Amsterdam
- Diocese of RoermondRoermond
- Archdiocese of UtrechtUtrecht
- Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch’s-Hertogenbosch
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the South Holland province of the Netherlands, the Diocese of Rotterdam (Latin: Dioecesis Roterodamensis) is a Latin see suffragan to the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht. Hans van den Hende has been its bishop since 2011. The cathedral see is the Kathedrale Kerk van de HH Laurentius en Elisabeth in Rotterdam, dedicated to Saints Lawrence and Elisabeth, while the diocese's only minor basilica, the Basiliek van de H. Liduina en Onze Lieve Vrouw van de Rozenkrans in Schiedam, honors St. Liduina and Our Lady of the Rosary.
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].