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Diocese of Groningen–Leeuwarden
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The Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden is a Latin Church diocese covering the northern Dutch provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe, restored in 1955 and renamed in 2005. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Utrecht, its cathedral is St. Joseph Cathedral in Groningen, with Bishop Ronald Cornelissen appointed in 2025.
- Bishop
- Ronald Cornelissen
- Latin name
- Groningen(sis)-Leovardien(sis)
- Erected
- 12 May 1559 (origins 1955)
- Cathedral
- St. Joseph Cathedral
- Patron
- Saint Boniface
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Utrecht (Archdiocese of Utrecht)
- Catholics
- 102,150
- Chancery
- Bisdom, Ubbo Emmiussingel 79, 9711 bg Groningen, Nederland
- Telephone
- Tel. [050]406.58.88
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Osnabrück DE 144 km
- Diocese of Münster DE 156 km
- Diocese of Utrecht 158 km
- Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam 160 km
- Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch 189 km
- Diocese of Essen DE 198 km
Parishes near the see
- Salvator Maria in Helpman · Groningen 1 km
- H. Martinus en H. Willibrordus · Groningen 1 km
- Maria ten Hemelopneming · Bedum 10 km
- Maria ten Hemelopneming · Uithuizen 23 km
- Sint-Martinus · Oosterwolde 31 km
- Goddelijke Verlosser · Drachten 33 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001528 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08