Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands
| Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Catholic |
| Theology | Ultrajectine |
| Governance | Episcopal |
| Leader |
Joris Vercammen, Metropolitan of Utrecht |
| Associations | International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference |
| Region | Netherlands |
| Headquarters | Utrecht |
| Separated from | Roman Catholic Church |
| Members | 4,819 as of June 2015[update] |
| Other name(s) | Ancient Catholic Church Church of Utrecht Dutch Roman Catholic Church of the Old Episcopal Order |
The Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands (Dutch: Oud-Katholieke Kerk van Nederland) is the mother church of the Old Catholic churches.
The church is sometimes called the Ancient Catholic Church, the Church of Utrecht (Ultrajectine Church) or the Dutch Roman Catholic Church of the Old Episcopal Order. In the past it was also known as the "Jansenist Church of Holland".
St. Willibrord evangelised the northern parts of the Netherlands (above the Rhine), bringing Catholicism to the country, in the 7th century. The southern parts of the now so-called Benelux were already evangelised from the 4th century, beginning with St. Servatius, Bishop of Maastricht (d. 384). Willibrord had been consecrated by Pope Sergius I in 696 in Rome.
In 1145 Pope Eugene III restricted the electorate to the chapters of the five collegiate churches in the diocese. The Fourth Lateran Council confirmed this in 1215. In 1517, Pope Leo X prohibited, in Debitum pastoralis officii nobis, the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Hermann of Wied, as legatus natus, to summon, to a court of first instance in Cologne, Philip of Burgundy, his treasurer, and his ecclesiastical and secular subjects.John Mason Neale explained that Leo X only confirmed a right of the Church but Leo X's confirmation "was providential" in respect to the future schism.
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