Theodorus van der Croon

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Archbishop Theodorus van der Croon. Copper engraving by H. Pothoven with biographical information, around 1733. In: Het Utrechts Archief .

Theodorus van der Croon (born June 7, 1668 - † June 9, 1739 ) was the third Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht .

He was elected archbishop by the cathedral chapter on July 22, 1733 , after having previously held the parish office in Gouda . He received episcopal ordination on October 28, 1734, like his two predecessors by Bishop Dominique Varlet .

The most notable event during his tenure was the heated argument with Cardinal d'Alsace , the then Archbishop of Mechelen . This took such forms that Pope Clement XII. d'Alsace had to curb in a breve .

Works

  • Harderlyke letter van den ... aertsbisschop aen all aertspriesters, pastoors, priesters, en katholyken van 't aertsbisdom van Utregt, en other onderhoorigen. 1735.

literature

  • 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.
  • Serge A. Thériault: Dominique-Marie Varlet. Lettres Du Canada Et De La Louisiane 1713-1724. Québec 1985, ISBN 2-7605-0378-X .
  • Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands, Utrecht Archives (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 on microfiche. Utrecht / Amsterdam 2003.
predecessor Office successor
Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
1733–1739 		Petrus Johannes Meindaerts
personal data
SURNAME Croon, Theodorus van der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1668
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1739