Diocese of Haarlem
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Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam Dioecesis Harlemensis-Amstelodamensis Bisdom Haarlem-Amsterdam |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Territory | North Holland, Southern Flevoland |
| Metropolitan | Utrecht |
| Deaneries | 3 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,912 km2 (1,124 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 2,915,000 462,000 (15.8%) |
| Parishes | 162 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 4 March 1853 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Bavo |
| Patron saint | Saints Nicholas, Bavo, Willibrord |
| Secular priests | 162 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jozef Marianus Punt |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Willem Jacobus Eijk |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks |
| Vicar General | Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks |
| Emeritus Bishops | Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (2000–2011) |
| Map | |
 Location of the diocese in the Netherlands |
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| Website | |
| bisdomhaarlem-amsterdam.nl | |
The Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam (Dutch: Bisdom Haarlem-Amsterdam, Latin: Dioecesis Harlemensis-Amstelodamensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. As one of the seven suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht, the diocesan territory comprises the north west of the Netherlands, including the cities of Haarlem (capital of Noord Holland) and Amsterdam (in the same province and Dutch nominal national capital).
Monsignor Jozef Marianus Punt has been the Bishop of the Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam since 2001.
The diocese was founded on 12 May 1559, on territory (central and North Holland) canonically split off from the Diocese of Utrecht, which was simultaneously promoted to archbishopric and became its Metropolitan. In 1592 (during the Eighty Years War, during which the Spanish crown lost Holland) it was suppressed, and its territory was immediately included in the new Dutch Mission sui iuris 'Batavia', soon promoted an Apostolic vicariate.
In 1833, the diocese was restored as (pre-diocesan) Apostolic Administration of Haarlem, which was on 4 March 1853 promoted as Diocese of Haarlem.
On 16 July 1955, it lost territories, to the existing Diocese of Breda, and to establish the Diocese of Groningen and Diocese of Rotterdam.
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