The Apostolic Vicariate of Grave–Nijmegen was a short-lived (1801 - 1851) pre-diocesan Latin Catholic jurisdiction in southern parts of the present

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

(in

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...

viz.

Gelderland Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Nethe ...

History

Established on 22 March 1803 as

Apostolic Vicariate An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under a titular bishop centered in missionary regions and countries where dioceses or parishes have not yet been established. The status of apostolic vicariate is often ...

(in principle entitled to a (titular) bishop) of Grave–Nijmegen, on territory split off from the Diocese of Roermond in course of suppression (completed 29 November, when the remainder of the diocesan territory was added), to which its last Bishop was appointed. It was suppressed in 1851, its territory being merged into the

Apostolic Vicariate of ’s-Hertogenbosch The Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. The modern diocese was created in 1853. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Utrecht. It is currently led b ...

(now a diocese).

Ordinaries

(all

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) ;''Apostolic Vicars of Grave–Nijmegen'' * Joannes van Velde de Melroy en Sart-Bomal (1801 – death 1824); previously last Suffragan Bishop of Diocese of Roermond (1794.02.21 – 1801.11.29) * Father Gerardus Hermans,

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(O.S.C.) (1824 – death 1840) * Fr. Henricus van der Velden (1840 – death 1841), concurrently Apostolic Vicar of Ravenstein–Megen (Netherlands) (1839 – 1841) * ''

Apostolic Administrator An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...

'' 1842.01.24 – 1851 :

Johannes Zwijsen Johannes Zwijsen (Zwysen) (28 August 1794 – 16 October 1877) was a Dutch Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Utrecht after the reestablishment of the episcopal hierarchy in the Netherlands in 1853. Early life and priesthood ...

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Gerrha Gerrha () was an ancient and renowned city within Eastern Arabia, on the west side of the persian Gulf. Known from Greek sources, it has been identified with a few candidate archaeological sites in Eastern Arabia, with the main candidates being H ...

(1842.01.24 – 1853.03.04),

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of the

Mission sui iuris of Batavia (Holland) The Holland Mission or Dutch Mission ( or ') was the common name of a Catholic Church missionary district in the Low Countries from 1592 to 1853, during and after the Protestant Reformation in the Netherlands. History Pre-reformation diocese a ...

(Netherlands) (1847 – 1848), Apostolic Vicar of Ravenstein–Megen (Netherlands) (1842.01.24 – 1851) and

Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under a titular bishop centered in missionary regions and countries where dioceses or parishes have not yet been established. The status of apostolic vicariate is often ...

’s-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest city by population. The city is south ...

(Netherlands) (1842.01.24 – 1851.10.13); Founder of the

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(1844.08.25); later succeeded as Apostolic Vicar of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) (1851.10.13 – 1853.03.04), promoted Metropolitan Archbishop of

Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...

(Netherlands) (1853.03.04 – 1868.03.13) and

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(first proper episcopal Ordinary) of the thus-elevated bishopric ’s-Hertogenbosch (1853.03.04 – death 1877.10.16)

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