Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch
Buscoducen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
The Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch is a Latin Church diocese in North Brabant in the southern Netherlands, originally erected in 1559 and re-established in 1853 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Utrecht. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Evangelist in 's-Hertogenbosch, led by Bishop Gerard de Korte since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 May 1559
- Latin
- Buscoducen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Evangelist
- Annuario code
- 001003043
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,045,470
- Population
- 2,155,280
- Catholic share
- 48.5%
- Priests
- 179
- Catholics per priest
- 5,841
- Extent
- 3,826 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 273
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
- Gerard de Korte
- Born
- 13 June 1955
- Birthplace
- Vianen
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 Basilica of St. John the Evangelist stands in ’s-Hertogenbosch, 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
- Diocese of RotterdamRotterdam
- Archdiocese of UtrechtUtrecht
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Created in its modern form in 1853, the Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch (Latin: Dioecesis Buscoducensis) is a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Utrecht. Its see is St John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch, and bishop Gerard de Korte currently leads it.
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].