Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch

Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch Dioecesis Buscoducensis Bisdom den Bosch
Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist
Location
Country	Netherlands
Statistics
Area	3,826 km2 (1,477 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 2,101,000 1,101,000 (52.4%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	12 May 1559
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Gerard de Korte
Metropolitan Archbishop	Cardinal Wim Eijk
Auxiliary Bishops	Robertus G. L. M. Mutsaerts
Map
Location of the Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch
Website
www.BisdomDenBosch.nl

The Roman Catholic Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch (Latin: Dioecesis Buscoducensis) is a diocese of the Catholic church in the Netherlands. The modern diocese was created in 1853. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Utrecht. It is currently led by bishop Gerard de Korte. Its see is St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch.

The city of 's-Hertogenbosch (Hertzogenbusch, Sylva Ducis) was founded in 1184, but with the surrounding territory, was included in the Diocese of Liège until 12 March 1561. At that time, and in order to check the spread of Protestantism, Pope Pius IV raised it to the dignity of a see, and made it suffragan to the archdiocese of Mechelen. The first bishop was the theologian Francis Sonnius (1562–69), afterwards transferred to the see of Antwerp. His successors suffered in the political disorders and wars of the last quarter of the sixteenth century. When after a long siege the city was captured by Prince Frederick Henry (14 September 1629) and held in the name of the States-General, the sixth bishop, Michael Ophovius, was obliged to abandon his see, which he did in a solemn procession, surrounded by his clergy, and bearing with him a famous miraculous statue of the Blessed Virgin which he placed in safety at Brussels.