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The historic Diocese of Utrecht was a diocese of the
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from 695 to 1580, and from 1559 archdiocese in the
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History


Diocese

According to the ''
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'', the founding of the diocese dates back to
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, when St.
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sent St.
Willibrord Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop, and missionary. He became the first Diocese of Utrecht (695–1580), Bishop of Utrecht in what is now the Netherlands, dying at Echternach in Luxembourg, and ...
and eleven companions on a mission to
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, at the request of
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. The Diocese of Utrecht () was erected by
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in 695. In 695 Sergius consecrated
Willibrord Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop, and missionary. He became the first Diocese of Utrecht (695–1580), Bishop of Utrecht in what is now the Netherlands, dying at Echternach in Luxembourg, and ...
in
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as Bishop of the
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. George Edmundson wrote in the 1911 edition of the ''
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'' that the bishops of the Diocese, as the result of grants of immunities by a succession of German kings, and notably by the Saxon and Franconian emperors, gradually became the temporal rulers of a dominion as great as the neighboring counties and duchies.
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explained, in ''History of the so-called Jansenist church of Holland'', that bishops "became warriors rather than prelates; the duties of their pastoral office were frequently exercised by suffragans, while they themselves headed armies against the Dukes of Guelders or the Counts of Holland."
Adalbold II of Utrecht Adalbold II of Utrecht (died 27 November 1026) was a bishop of Utrecht (1010–1026). Biography He was born in 975 probably in the Low Countries, and received his education partly from Notker of Liège. He became a canon of Laubach, and app ...
"must be regarded as the principal founder of the territorial possessions of the diocese," according to Albert Hauck, in ''
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'', especially by the acquisition in 1024 and 1026 of the counties of
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and
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; but, the name "Bishopric of Utrecht" is not used in the article. ' was Pope Leo X's 1517 prohibition to the
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,
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, as ', to summon, to a court of first instance in Cologne, Philip of Burgundy, his treasurer, and his ecclesiastical and secular subjects. Leo X only confirmed a right of the Church, explained Neale; but Leo X's confirmation "was providential" in respect to the future schism. The Bishopric ended when
Henry of the Palatinate Henry of the Palatinate (German: ''Heinrich von der Pfalz'') (Heidelberg, 14 February 1487 – Ladenburg, 3 January 1552) was Bishop of Utrecht from 1524 to 1529, Prince-Bishop of Worms from 1524 to 1552 and Prince-Bishop of Freising from 1541 ...
resigned the see in 1528 with the consent of the
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, and transferred his secular authority to
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. The
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s voluntarily transferred their right of electing the bishop to Charles V, and
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gave his consent to the proceeding.
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wrote, in ''History of Holland'', that Henry, "was compelled" in 1528 to formally surrender "the
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of the see" to Charles V.


Archdiocese

The diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in 1559. It was taken from Province of Cologne, in which it was a suffragan, and elevated to the rank of an archdiocese and metropolitan see. During the administration of the first archbishop,
Frederik V Schenck van Toutenburg Frederik Schenck van Toutenburg ( – 25 August 1580) was the first Archbishop of Utrecht from 1559 to 1580. Prior to Schenck's ministry as archbishop, Utrecht was a bishopric with a succession of sixty bishops. The last bishop of Utrecht, p ...
,
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spread rapidly, especially among the nobility, who viewed with disfavor the endowment of the new bishoprics with the ancient and wealthy abbeys. The
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es were attacked in the
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in 1566. The
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of the nineteen
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in
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in 1572 is an example of the persecution which Catholics suffered. During the
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in the
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, the archdiocese fell. In the Beeldenstorm in 1580, the
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es were victims of
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attacks and St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, was "severely damaged". "Even though approximately one third of the people remained Roman Catholic and in spite of a relatively great tolerance," as early as 1573, the public exercise of
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was forbidden, and the cathedral was converted into a Protestant church in 1580. The cathedral chapter survived and "still managed its lands and formed part of the provincial government" in the Lordship of Utrecht. "The newly appointed
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s, however, were always Protestants." The two succeeding archbishops appointed by Spain neither received canonical confirmation nor could they enter their diocese because of the States-General opposition. The archdiocese was suppressed in 1580. Walter Phillips wrote, in ''
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'', 1911 edition, the last archbishop of Utrecht,
Frederik V Schenck van Toutenburg Frederik Schenck van Toutenburg ( – 25 August 1580) was the first Archbishop of Utrecht from 1559 to 1580. Prior to Schenck's ministry as archbishop, Utrecht was a bishopric with a succession of sixty bishops. The last bishop of Utrecht, p ...
, died in 1580, "a few months before the suppression of Roman Catholic public worship" by
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. "Suppression of dioceses," wrote Hove, "takes place only in countries where the faithful and the clergy have been dispersed by persecution," the suppressed dioceses become
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s,
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s, or vicariates apostolic. This is what occurred in the Dutch Republic.


Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia

The
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started when the vicariate was erected by
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in 1592. "For two centuries after the
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much of Holland was under vicars apostolic as mission territory, as England was in the same period; although some areas had
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s dependent on the
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s in
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and
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."


List of diocesans


Bishops

* St. Willibrord (Clemens) (695–739) * Wera (739?–752/3) * St. Eoban (753–754) * St. Gregory of Utrecht (754–775) * St. Alberic of Utrecht (775–784) * Theodardus (784–790) *
Hamacarus Hamacarus was Bishop 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 ...
(790–806) *
Ricfried Ricfried was Bishop of Utrecht between 806 and 815/816. It is suspected that he was related to his successors Frederick, Alberik II, Ludger Ludger (; also Lüdiger or Liudger) ( – 26 March 809) was a missionary among the Frisians and Saxo ...
(806–815/16) *
Frederick of Utrecht Frederick I was Bishop of Utrecht between 815/816 and 834/838 AD, and is a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. His name is sometimes Latinized as Fridericus Cridiodunus. Frederick was born around 780 in a noble fami ...
(815/16–834/38) *
Alberik II Alberik II, also Albricus or Alfrik, was Bishop of Utrecht from around 835 to 844. Alberik was the brother of his predecessor Frederick of Utrecht. Nothing is known about his administration. He was buried in the Saint Salvatorchurch in Utrecht ...
(834/8–845) *
Eginhard Einhard (also Eginhard or Einhart; ; 775 – 14 March 840) was a Frankish scholar and courtier. Einhard was a dedicated servant of Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious; his main work is a biography of Charlemagne, the ''Vita Karoli Magni'', ...
(ca. 845) *
Liudger Ludger (; also Lüdiger or Liudger) ( – 26 March 809) was a missionary among the Frisians and Saxons, founder of Werden Abbey and the first Bishop of Münster in Westphalia. He has been called the "Apostle of Saxony". Early life to ordina ...
(ca. 848–854) * St. Hunger (854–866) * Adalbold I (866–899) * St. Radboud (899/900–917) * Balderic (917/8–975/6) * Folcmar (976–990) * Baldwin I (991–995) * St. Ansfried (995–1010) * Adalbold II (1010–1026) *
Bernold Saint Bernulf or Bernold of Utrecht (died 19 July 1054) was Bishops in the Catholic Church, Bishop of Archdiocese of Utrecht (695–1580), Utrecht (1026/27–1054). Bernold succeeded Adalbold II of Utrecht, Saint Adalbold as Archdiocese of ...
(1026/7–1054) *
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(1054–1076) *
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Godbald Godbald (or Godebald) (died 12 November 1127, in Utrecht) was a bishop of Utrecht from 1114 to 1127. Nothing is known about Godbald's origins. He was Provost at the chapter of St John's church in Utrecht and was closely involved in the manage ...
(1114–1127) *
Andreas van Cuijk Andries or Andreas van Cuijk (ca. 1070 – 23 June 1139) was a bishop of Utrecht from 1128 to 1139. Andries descended from a well-known family from the ''Sticht'', the name for the central lands of the Bishopric of Utrecht. Andries was the sec ...
(1127/8–1139) *
Hartbert Hartbert van Bierum (died 12 November 1150) was a bishop of Utrecht from 1139 to 1150. Hartbert, or Heribert, in several translations, was consecrated as bishop on 24 July 1139. During his rule, a rebellion occurred in the city of Groningen. Af ...
(1139–1150) *
Herman van Horne Herman van Horne (or Hoorn) (died 31 January 1156) was Bishop of Utrecht from 1150 to 1156. Herman was son of Thiery de Looz, Count of Horn, and grandson of Emmo, Count of Looz. Herman became archdeacon at Liège in 1136, and provost of Sankt ...
(1151–1156) *
Godfrey van Rhenen Godfried or Godfrey van Rhenen (died on 27 May 1178) was a bishop of Utrecht from 1156 to 1178. Godfrey was appointed with support from Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor in 1159 to deal with a revolt of citizens and his own ministers as a conseque ...
(1156–1178) *
Baldwin II van Holland Baldwin van Holland (died 30 April 1196 in Mainz) was a bishop of Archdiocese of Utrecht (695–1580), Utrecht from 1178 to 1196 Baldwin was the son of Dirk VI, Count of Holland and Sophia of Rheineck, and brother to counts Otto van Bentheim and ...
(1178–1196) *
Arnold I van Isenburg Arnold (or Arnoud) van Isenburg (died in April or June 1197) was Bishop of Utrecht from 1196 to 1197. Arnold descended from the German House of Isenburg and had been provost in Deventer since 1176. After Bishop Baldwin II van Holland died, Arn ...
(1196–1197) * Dirk I van Holland (1197) * Dirk II van Are (van Ahr) (1197/8–1212) *
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(1212–1215) *
Otto II van Lippe Otto of Lippe was a son of Bernhard II, Lord of Lippe. He was bishop of Utrecht as Otto II from 1216 to 1227. Several of his brothers also held high ecclesiastical offices in the Rhineland. He likely participated in the foundation of the Teutonic ...
(1216–1227) *
Wilbrand van Oldenburg Wilbrand of Oldenburg (before 1180 - Zwolle, 26 July 1233) was a bishop of Paderborn and of Utrecht. Family Wilbrand was the son of Henry II, Count of Oldenburg-Wildeshausen, and Beatrix of Hallermund, daughter of Wilbrand I, Count of Loccum-Ha ...
(1227–1233) *
Otto III van Holland Otto van Holland (died 27 March 1249) was a bishop of Utrecht from 1233 to 1249. Otto was the second son of William I, Count of Holland and his first wife Adelaide of Guelders. He was elected as bishop in 1233, but because of resistance from t ...
(1233–1249) *
Gozewijn van Amstel (van Randerath) Gozewijn van Randerath was a Dutch Roman Catholic clergyman. He was locally elected to be bishop of Utrecht in 1249, but Pope Innocent IV appointed Henry I van Vianden instead, and so Gozewijn withdrew from the post in 1250. Due to an error by t ...
(1249–1250) *
Henry I van Vianden Henry (or Hendrik) van Vianden (died 4 June 1267) was a bishop of Utrecht from 1249 to 1267. He was the son of Henry I, Count of Vianden and Margaret, Marchioness of Namur. He was provost at Cologne before he was pushed forward as candidate for ...
(1250/2–1267) * John I van Nassau (1267–1290) * John II van Sierck (1290–1296) * Willem II Berthout (1296–1301) * Guy van Avennes (1301–1317) *
Frederik II van Sierck Frederick van Sierck (died 20 July 1322) served as Bishop of Utrecht from 1317 until his death in 1322. Frederick van Sierck was the protégé of William III, Count of Holland, who had managed to get him elected to the bishopric of Utrecht. Th ...
(1317–1322) *
Jacob van Oudshoorn Jacob van Oudshoorn (died c. 18 September 1322) was bishop of Utrecht in 1322. Van Oudshoorn descended from a noble Hollandic house; he was the son of Willem and brother of Dirk van Oudshoorn (1301–1327), lords of Oudshoorn and Aarlanderveen. ...
(1322) *
Jan III van Diest John or Jan van Diest (died 1 June 1340) served as Bishop of Utrecht from 1322 until his death in 1340. Jan descended from a noble family from Brabant, and was initially provost of Cambrai. In 1322 Jan was proposed as candidate for the Bishop ...
(1322–1340) * Jan IV van Arkel (1342–1364) *
Jan V van Virneburg Jan van Virneburg (died 23 June 1371) served as Bishop of Utrecht from 1364 until his death in 1371. He had previously served as Prince and Bishop of Münster from 1363 to 1364. Jan van Virneburg was transferred from Münster to Utrecht by Po ...
(1364–1371) * Arnold II van Hoorn (1371–1379) *
Floris van Wevelinkhoven Floris van Wevelinkhoven (ca. 1330 – Castle Hardenberg, 4 April 1393) was Bishop of Münster from 1364 to 1379 and Bishop of Utrecht from 1379 to 1393. Floris van Wevelinkhoven descended from high nobility, and started his career in the B ...
(1379–1393) *
Frederik III van Blankenheim Frederick of Blankenheim (Castle Ter Horst (Loenen), 9 October 1423) served as Bishop of Strasbourg from 1375 to 1393 and then as Bishop of Utrecht from 1393 until his death in 1423. Strasbourg and Utrecht Frederik van Blankenheim studied law i ...
(1393–1423) *
Rudolf van Diepholt Rudolf van Diepholt ( – Vollenhove, 24 March 1455) or Rudolf of Diepholz was a bishop of Utrecht from 1423 to 1455 and bishop of Osnabrück from 1454 to 1455. Biography Rudolf van Diepholt was one of the most influential Prince-Bishops of ...
(1423–1455) * Zweder van Culemborg (1425–1433) *
Walraven van Meurs Walraven is a Dutch language, Dutch given name and patronymic surname. The given name is first attested in 1294 and has the Germanic roots *wald- ("ruler") and *χraban- ("raven"). The German equivalent of the name is ''Walram''.Gijsbrecht van Brederode Gijsbrecht van Brederode (141615 August 1475) was a Dutch nobleman who served as Bishop-elect of Utrecht from his election on 7 April 1455 until his resignation on 6 August 1456. Gijsbrecht van Brederode was a son of Walraven I van Brederode ...
(1455–1456) *
David van Bourgondië David of Burgundy (c. February 142616 April 1494) was the bishop of Utrecht from 1456. The illegitimate son of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, David was made bishop by his father in an attempt to enforce more centralised Burgundian control ove ...
(1456–1496) *
Frederick IV of Baden Frederik of Baden (145824 September 1517, Lier) was a German nobleman who served as Bishop of Utrecht from 1496 until his resignation in 1517. Frederick of Baden was the son of Margrave Charles I of Baden-Baden and Catherine of Austria, sist ...
(1496–1517) * Philip of Burgundy (1517–1524) * Henry of the Palatinate (bishop) (1524–1529) * Willem III van Enckenvoirt (1529–1534) *
George van Egmond George or Joris van Egmont (2 July 1504, Egmond (municipality), Egmond26 September 1559, Saint-Amand Abbey) was a Dutch nobleman who served as Diocese of Utrecht (695–1580), Bishop of Utrecht from 1535 until his death in 1559. Following the dea ...
(1534–1559)


Archbishops

*
Frederik V Schenck van Toutenburg Frederik Schenck van Toutenburg ( – 25 August 1580) was the first Archbishop of Utrecht from 1559 to 1580. Prior to Schenck's ministry as archbishop, Utrecht was a bishopric with a succession of sixty bishops. The last bishop of Utrecht, p ...
(1559–1580) * Herman van Rennenberg (1580–1592) - unable to be enthroned due to Protestantism * Jan van Bruhesen (1592–1600) - unable to be enthroned due to Protestantism


See also

*
History of religion in the Netherlands The history of religion in the Netherlands has been characterized by considerable diversity of religious thought and practice. From 1600 until the second half of the 20th century, the north and west had embraced the Protestant Reformation and we ...


Notes


References


Further reading

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Utrecht, Diocese (695-1580)
Diocese of Utrecht (695–1580) The historic Diocese of Utrecht was a diocese of the Latin Church (or Western) of the Catholic Church from 695 to 1580, and from 1559 archdiocese in the Low Countries before and during the Protestant Reformation. History Diocese According to th ...
Dioceses established in the 7th century Religious organizations disestablished in the 16th century