Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Utrecht Archidioecesis Metropolitae Ultraiectensis Latinorum Aartsbisdom Utrecht | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Territory | Parts of the provinces Utrecht, Overijssel, Gelderland, and Flevoland[1] |
| Coordinates | 52°05′15″N 5°07′27″E / 52.08750°N 5.12417°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi)[2] |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 4,115,800762,100 ( 18.5%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 695, Archbishopric from 12 May 1559 |
| Cathedral | Saint Catherine's Cathedral[3] |
| Patron saint | Saint Willibrord |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Wim Eijk[2][4] |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Theodorus Cornelis Maria Hoogenboom Herman Willebrordus Woorts |
| Bishops emeritus | Johannes Antonius de Kok Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1982–2005) |
| Map | |
 The location of the Archdiocese of Utrecht in the Netherlands | |
| Website | |
| aartsbisdom.nl | |
The Archdiocese of Utrecht (Latin: Archidioecesis Ultraiectensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church (or Western Church) of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. The Archbishop of Utrecht is the metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Utrecht. There are six suffragan dioceses of the province: Roman Catholic Dioceses of Breda, of Groningen-Leeuwarden, of Haarlem-Amsterdam, of Roermond, of Rotterdam, and of 's-Hertogenbosch. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is Saint Catherine's Cathedral, which replaced the prior cathedral, Saint Martin's Cathedral after it was taken by Protestants in the Reformation.
- ^ (in Dutch) Achtergronden aartsbisdom. Retrieved on 2009-10-13.
- ^ a b Archdiocese of Utrecht. Retrieved on 2009-10-13.
- ^ (in Dutch) De Kathedraal. Retrieved on 2009-10-13.
- ^ (in Dutch) Aartsbisschop. Retrieved on 2009-10-13.