Theodorus van der Croon (1668-1739) served as the ninth Archbishop of Utrecht from 1734 to 1739.

Early Ministry & Association with the Chapter of Utrecht

Van der Croon was a parish priest in

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and was associated with the Chapter of Utrecht since the days of Archbishop

Petrus Codde Pieter Codde also known as Petrus Codde (27 November 1648, in Amsterdam – 18 December 1710, in Utrecht) was apostolic vicar of the Catholic Church's Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, also known as the Dutch Mission, from 1688 to 1702. He served ...

(1688-1710).

Archbishop of Utrecht

Following the death of Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers, Archbishop of Utrecht, on 13 May 1733, the Chapter of Utrecht convened on 22 July 1733 and unanimously elected van der Croon as bishop elect. On 28 October 1734 he was consecrated by Bishop Dominique Marie Varlet of the Diocese of Babylon. Church historian C.B. Moss described van der Croon as "a man of particularly gentle disposition." Van der Croon published a considerable number of works in Dutch and Latin. orldcat http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=Theodorus+van+der+Croon/ref>

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