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Diocese of Rotterdam
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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.
- Bishop
- Hans van den Hende
- Latin name
- Roterodamen(sis)
- Erected
- 16 July 1955
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of Saints Lawrence and Elizabeth
- Patron
- Saint Lawrence and Saint Elizabeth
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Utrecht (Archdiocese of Utrecht)
- Catholics
- 476,000
- Chancery
- Bisdom, Koningin Emmaplein 3, 3016 aa Rotterdam, Nederland
- Telephone
- Tel. [010]281.51.71; fax 436.71.90
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Breda 41 km
- Diocese of Utrecht 49 km
- Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam 54 km
- Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch 60 km
- Antwerpen, Anvers BE 77 km
- Mechelen-Brussel, Malines-Bruxelles BE 98 km
Parishes near the see
- Heilig Kruisvinding · Rotterdam 1 km
- Michael en Clemens · Rotterdam 1 km
- Sint-Bavo · Rotterdam 1 km
- Sint-Caecilia · Rotterdam 1 km
- Sint-Hildegardis · Rotterdam 1 km
- Sint-Lambertus · Rotterdam 1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002774 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08