Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam
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The Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam (Dutch: Bisdom Haarlem–Amsterdam, Latin: Dioecesis Harlemensis–Amstelodamensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. As one of the seven suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht, the diocesan territory comprises the north west of the Netherlands, including the cities of Haarlem (capital of North Holland) and Amsterdam (in the same province and Dutch nominal national capital).
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Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam Dioecesis Harlemensis-Amstelodamensis Bisdom Haarlem–Amsterdam | |
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Location | |
Country | Netherlands |
Territory | North Holland, Southern Flevoland |
Metropolitan | Utrecht |
Deaneries | 3 |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,912 km2 (1,124 sq mi)[1] |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 3,117,170[1] 455,320 (14.6%) |
Parishes | 130 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 12 May 1559 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Bavo |
Patron saint | Saints Nicholas, Bavo, Willibrord |
Secular priests | 162 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Johannes Hendriks |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Willem Jacobus Eijk |
Bishops emeritus | Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, SSS Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (2000–2011) |
Map | |
Location of the diocese in the Netherlands | |
Website | |
bisdomhaarlem-amsterdam.nl |
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Johannes Hendriks has been the Bishop of the Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam since 2020.[2]