Diocese of Rotterdam
Diocese of Rotterdam | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Netherlands |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Utrecht |
Diocesan bishop | Hans van den Hende |
Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Ronald Philippe Bär OSB Adrianus Herman van Luyn SDB |
Vicar General | Dick Verbakel |
founding | 1955 |
surface | 3,403 km² |
Parishes | 58 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 3,714,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 487,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 13.1% |
Diocesan priest | 97 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 69 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2,934 |
Permanent deacons | 30 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Friars | 95 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 124 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Dutch |
cathedral | St. Laurentius and St. Elisabeth |
address | Koningin Emmaplein 3 3016 AA Rotterdam Nederland |
Website | www.bisdomrotterdam.nl |
The diocese of Rotterdam ( Latin Dioecesis Roterodamensis , Dutch Bisdom Rotterdam ) is one of the seven Roman Catholic dioceses of the Dutch ecclesiastical province .
The Diocese of Rotterdam was re-established on July 16, 1955 through the assignment of territory by the Diocese of Haarlem .
In 2011, around 510,000 Catholics were registered in the Diocese of Rotterdam (15.0% of the total population), of whom an average of 33,500 (or around 1.0% of the total population) attend Sunday services.
Bishops
- Martinus Jansen (1956–1970)
- Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1970–1983)
- Ronald Philippe Bär OSB (1983-1993)
- Adrianus Herman van Luyn SDS (1994–2011)
- Hans van den Hende (since 2011)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics 2011 , Kaski (Katholiek Sociaal-Kerkelijke Studienkring associated with Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) (Dutch; PDF; 1.2 MB)
Web links
- Diocese of Rotterdam (Dutch)
- Entry to Roman Catholic Diocese of Rotterdam on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)