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Suffragan diocese Rotterdam, Netherlands

Diocese of Rotterdam

Roterodamen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Saints Lawrence and Elizabeth, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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Established
1955
Catholics
476,000
Priests
153
Territory
8,326 km²

Parishes and churches

44 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Hans van den Hende

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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.

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.