The Old Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht is an archdiocese within the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands which split from the Archdiocese of Utrecht officially in 1723 because of the illicit consecration of

Cornelius van Steenoven Cornelis van Steenoven (also known as Cornelius Steenoven; died April 3, 1725 in Leiden) was a Dutch Roman Catholic priest who later served as the seventh Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht from 1724 to 1725. Consecrated without the permission of ...

to the

episcopate A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

. The first Old Catholic archbishop of Utrecht was elected in 1723. The Old Catholic archbishop of Utrecht is automatically the president of the

International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference The International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference or International Bishops' Conference (IBC) is the synod of bishops of Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches (UU) member churches. Background The International Old Catholic Bishops' Confere ...

of the Union of Utrecht. Since 2020, its archbishop is

Bernd Wallet Bernd Wallet serves as the 84th Archbishop of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands. Elected on 15 February 2020, he was consecrated on 18 September 2021, after two delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Life and career The son of ...

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(1723–1725) *

Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers (died 13 May 1733 at Rhynwyck, Netherlands) served as the Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht from 1725 to 1733. Early life and schooling Barchman Wuytiers was born into a noble family. He was educated at the ...

(1725–1733) *

Theodorus van der Croon Theodorus van der Croon (1668-1739) served as the ninth Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands#Old Catholic Archbishops of Utrecht, Archbishop of Utrecht from 1734 to 1739. Early Ministry & Association with the Chapter of Utrecht Van der Croon ...

(1734–1739) *

Petrus Johannes Meindaerts Petrus Johannes Meindaerts (Groningen, 7 November 1684 — 31 October 1767) served as the tenth Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands#Old Catholic Archbishops of Utrecht, Archbishop of Utrecht from 1739 to 1767. After the death of his consecrato ...

(1739–1767) *

Walter van Nieuwenhuisen Walter Michael van Nieuwenhuisen served as the eleventh Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands#Old Catholic Archbishops of Utrecht, Archbishop of Utrecht from 1768 to 1797. Early ministry Before serving as Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands ...

(1768–1797) *

Johannes Jacobus van Rhijn Johannes Jacobus van Rhijn served as the twelfth Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands#Old Catholic Archbishops of Utrecht, Archbishop of Utrecht from 1797 to 1808. Early Ministry Before serving as Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands#Old ...

(1797–1808) *

Willibrord van Os Willibrord van Os served as the thirteenth Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands, Archbishop of Utrecht from 1814 to 1825. Early ministry Before serving as Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands#Old Catholic Archbishops of Utrecht, Archbishop ...

(1814–1825) *

Johannes van Santen Johannes van Santen served as the fourteenth Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands#Old Catholic Archbishops of Utrecht, Archbishop of Utrecht from 1825 to 1858. He was part of the last attempt of the Church of Utrecht to reconcile with the Roman ...

(1825–1858) *

Henricus Loos Henricus Loos served as the fifteenth Archbishop of Utrecht from 1858 to 1873. Together with Bishop Hermann Heykamp of Deventer, Loos is known as one of only two bishops whose orders were recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, but who were not ...

(1858–1873) * Johannes Heijkamp (1875–1892) *

Gerardus Gul Gerardus Gul (27 October 1847 – 9 February 1920) served as the seventeenth Archbishop of Utrecht from 1892 to 1920. He is known for his role in assisting the persons who would later found the Polish National Catholic Church in the United States ...

(1892–1920) *

Franciscus Kenninck Franciscus Kenninck served as the eighteenth Archbishop of Utrecht from 1920 to 1937. Early Ministry Before serving as Archbishop of Utrecht, Kenninck served as president of Amersfoort Seminary in the Netherlands. Archbishop of Utrecht Fo ...

(1920–1937) *

Andreas Rinkel Andreas Rinkel (10 January 1889 – 25 March 1979) was a Dutch priest who served as the nineteenth Archbishop of Utrecht from 1937 to 1970. Early ministry Before serving as Archbishop of Utrecht, Rinkel served as a parish priest in Amersfoort, ...

(1937–1970) *

Marinus Kok Marinus Kok (8 February 1916 - 31 July 1999) was a Dutch priest who served as the twentieth Archbishop of Utrecht from 1970 to 1982. After studying at the Old Catholic Seminary i Amersfoort, Netherlands, he was ordained to the diaconate and pri ...

(1970–1982) *

Antonius Jan Glazemaker Antonius Jan Glazemaker (19 April 1931 – 20 January 2018) served as the twenty-first Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht, from 1982 to 2000. Born on April 19, 1931 to Old Catholic parents, Glazemaker was raised in the Netherlands during a peri ...

(1982–2000) *

Joris Vercammen Joris August Odilius Ludovicus Vercammen (born 14 October 1952) served as the Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands from 1 July 2000 to 11 January 2020. Life and career Vercammen was born in Lier, Bel ...

(2000–2020) *

(2020-present)

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