Archdiocese of Utrecht
Ultraiecten(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Utrecht, Netherlands
The Archdiocese of Utrecht is the metropolitan Latin Church archdiocese for the Netherlands, with the present hierarchy established in 1853 and all other Dutch Latin dioceses as its suffragans. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Catherine in Utrecht, led by Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk since 2007.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1853
- Latin
- Ultraiecten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Willibrord
- Annuario code
- 001000056
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 762,100
- Population
- 4,115,800
- Catholic share
- 18.5%
- Priests
- 300
- Catholics per priest
- 2,540
- Extent
- 10,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 76
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
- Archbishop
- Wim Eijk
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 Catherine stands in Utrecht, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BredaBreda
- Diocese of Groningen–LeeuwardenGroningen–Leeuwarden
- Diocese of Haarlem–AmsterdamHaarlem–Amsterdam
- Diocese of RoermondRoermond
- Diocese of RotterdamRotterdam
- Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch’s-Hertogenbosch
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
At the head of the Dutch ecclesiastical province of Utrecht stands the Archdiocese of Utrecht (Latin: Archidioecesis Ultraiectensis; Dutch: Aartsbisdom Utrecht), a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands whose archbishop serves as metropolitan. Six suffragan dioceses belong to the province: Breda, Groningen-Leeuwarden, Haarlem-Amsterdam, Roermond, Rotterdam, and 's-Hertogenbosch. Saint Catherine's Cathedral now serves as the cathedral church, a role it assumed after the earlier cathedral, Saint Martin's Cathedral, passed to Protestant hands during the Reformation.
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].