Old Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht

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Archdiocese of Utrecht

Aartsbisdom Utrecht (Oud-Katholieke Kerk)
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Location
CountryNetherlands
Headquarters St. Gertrude's Cathedral, Utrecht
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Denomination Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands
Established1723
Cathedral St. Gertrude's Cathedral
Current leadership
Archbishop Bernd Wallet
Website
utrecht.okkn.nl

The Old Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht is an archdiocese within the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands which split from the Archdiocese of Utrecht officially in 1723 because of the illicit consecration of Cornelius van Steenoven to the episcopate.

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The first Old Catholic archbishop of Utrecht was elected in 1723. [1] The Old Catholic archbishop of Utrecht is automatically the president of the International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Union of Utrecht.

Since 2020, its archbishop is Bernd Wallet. [2]

List of bishops

Below is the list of bishops of the modern Old Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht. For the lineage of former bishops before 1710, see List of Apostolic Vicars in Utrecht of the Dutch Mission .

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bernd Wallet</span>

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References

  1. Myers, SSM, The Most Reverend William (2020). "About". Old Roman Catholic. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  2. "Consecration and installation of the new Archbishop Bernd Wallet". Union of Utrecht. August 21, 2020. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  3. "In Memoriam Antonius Jan Glazemaker 1931-2018". Union of Utrecht. January 31, 2018. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  4. "Archbishop Joris Vercammen announces his retirement". Union of Utrecht. October 2, 2019. Retrieved 2024-03-03.

The Old Catholic Diocese of the Southeast website Who were the Old Catholics?, by Canon drs. Wietse van der Velde

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