Petrus Johannes Meindaerts

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Petrus Johannes Meindaerts (born November 7, 1684 in Groningen ; † October 31, 1767 ) was the fourth old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht . His last name is also given as Meinarts .

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Petrus Johannes Meindaerts studied in Mechelen and Leuven . He was one of several priests who in 1716 by Luke Fagan , Bishop of Meath and later Archbishop of Dublin , consecrated were. Meindaerts later became archpriest in Leeuwarden and dean of Friesland .

His election as Archbishop of Utrecht took place on July 2, 1739. On October 18, 1739 he was the last to be ordained bishop by Dominique Varlet . The Roman Curia was particularly angry that after Varlet's death (1742) he consecrated other bishops to ensure the apostolic succession of the Dutch Church, which was now independent from Rome . On September 2, 1742, he consecrated Hieronymus de Bock and, after his early death, on July 11, 1745, Johannes van Stiphout as Bishop of Haarlem . On January 25, 1758 he also consecrated Bartholomeus Johannes Bijeveld as Bishop of Deventer .

In 1763 he convened a regional synod in Utrecht , which took place there on September 13, 1763 and which was widely approved by the other Catholic bishops.

He wrote various scriptures for worship services.

literature

  • Abraham Jakob van der Aa : Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. Edition Israël, Amsterdam 1969 (reprint of the edition Haarlem 1852).
  • John Mason Neale : A History of the So-Called Jansenist Church of Holland. John Henry and James Parker, Oxford 1858.
  • Roelof Bennink Janssonius : Divorce of the Oud-Roomschkatholieke Kerk in Nederland: Bydrage tot de kennis van den tegenwoordigen strijd in de Roomschkatholieke Kerk. MJ Visser, 's Gravenhaage 1870.
  • Dale K. van Klay et al. a. (Ed.): Gallicanism And Ultramontanism In Catholic Europe In The 18th Century. Foreign Correspondence And Other Documents From The Archive Of The Jansenist Archbishops Of Utrecht, 1723–1808. Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands, Utrecht Archives, Utrecht 2003 (192 microfiches).
predecessor Office successor
Theodorus van der Croon Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
1739–1767 		Gualtherus Michael van Nieuwenhuizen
personal data
SURNAME Meindaerts, Petrus Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meinarts, Petrus Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1684
PLACE OF BIRTH Groningen
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1767