Nicolaas Prins
Nicolaas Prins (born November 6, 1858 in Den Helder , † May 18, 1916 in Haarlem ) was the Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem from 1912 to 1916 .
Life
From 1871 he attended the old Catholic seminary in Amersfoort . After completing his studies there, he was ordained a priest on September 23, 1883 by Casparus Johannes Rinkel , Bishop of Haarlem . He was then chaplain until 1884 and then pastor in Aalsmeer until 1904 . In the period from 1904 to 1916 he held a pastorate in Haarlem.
Prins was an advocate of the use of Dutch in the liturgy . In 1908, when he was 25 years old as a priest, he was able to celebrate Mass in Dutch for the first time.
His election as Bishop of Haarlem took place on July 30, 1912, he received the episcopal ordination on October 1, 1912 in IJmuiden by Archbishop Gerardus Gul of Utrecht , Bishop Nicolaus Bartholomeus Petrus Spit of Deventer and the German Old Catholic Bishop Georg Moog .
literature
- Dick J. Schoon : Van bisschoppelijke Cleresie dead Oud-Katholieke Kerk. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis van het katholicisme in Nederland in de 19de eeuw. Valkhof Pers, Nijmegen 2004, p. 780 f.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jacobus Johannes van Thiel |
Bishop of Haarlem 1912–1916 |
Henricus Theodorus Johannes van Vlijmen |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prins, Nicolaas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | old Catholic bishop of Haarlem |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hero |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1916 |
| Place of death | Haarlem |