The St. Joseph kerk is a church dating from the 19th century on the Jansstraat in

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English language, English) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the Provinces of the Nether ...

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 ...

. It is located across from the

Janskerk (Haarlem) The Janskerk or St. John's Church is a former church in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Today it houses the North Holland Archives (''Noord-Hollands archief''). History Gerard van Tetrode donated land in 1310 in the centre of Haarlem to build St. Joh ...

. On 7 July 1853, Pope Pius IX elevated the St. Joseph Church to the status of cathedral of the diocese of Haarlem. In 1856, the church was enlarged in length and width, with oak canon benches in the chancel. Since 1898, the St. Joseph Church has been a regular church again. Since 2 May 1948, the cathedral of Haarlem has been the Cathedral of St. Bavo on the Leidsevaart.

History

The

Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

church was built between 1841 and 1843 and was designed by H.H. Dansdorp in a neoclassical style.

Rijksmonument A (, ) is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. At the end of February 2015, the Netherlands had 61,822 l ...

report The organ was built in 1906 by P.J. Adema to replace an organ made in 1855 by H. Lindsen.

References

Churches in Haarlem History of Haarlem Rijksmonuments in Haarlem Roman Catholic churches in the Netherlands Neoclassical architecture in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-RC-church-stub