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Apostolic Vicariate Of Breda
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Breda is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands. Description It was erected on March 14, 1853, with Johannes van Hooydonk being made its first bishop. The current bishop is Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen. The current cathedral is Saint Anthony of Padua (in Dutch: H. Antonius van Padua) located in the center of Breda. Its canonical territory consists of the province of Zeeland and part of the province of North Brabant and is subdivided into 112 parishes. Former Bishops of the Diocese are: * Johannes van Hooydonk (1853 – 1867) * Johannes van Genk (1868 – 1874) * Henricus van Beek (1874-1884) * Petrus Leyten (1885 – 1914) * Pieter Hopmans (1914 – 1951) * Jozef Baeten (1951 – 1961) * Gerardus de Vet (1962 – 1967) * Hubertus Ernst (1967 – 1992) * Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens (1992 – 2007) * Hans van den Hende (2007 - 2011) * Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen (2011–present) The Diocese numbers 136 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Utrecht
The Archdiocese of Utrecht ( la, Archidioecesis Ultraiectensis) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. The Archbishop of Utrecht is the Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical province of Utrecht. There are six Suffragan bishop, suffragan dioceses in the province: Roman Catholic Diocese of Breda, Breda, Roman Catholic Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden, Groningen-Leeuwarden, Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Haarlem-Amsterdam, Roman Catholic Diocese of Roermond, Roermond, Roman Catholic Diocese of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, and Roman Catholic Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is St Catherine's Cathedral, Utrecht, Saint Catherine Cathedral which replaced the prior cathedral, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Saint Martin Cathedral, after it was taken by Protestants in the Reformation. History In the Middle Ages, the bishops of Utrecht were also Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht, prince-bishops of the Holy Roman Empi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
