Theodorus van der Croon
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 |
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Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers |
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht 1733–1739 |
Petrus Johannes Meindaerts |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Croon, Theodorus van der |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1668 |
DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1739 |