Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht
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Archdiocese of Utrecht Archidioecesis Ultraiectensis Aartsbisdom Utrecht |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Territory | Parts of the provinces Utrecht, Overijssel, Gelderland, and Flevoland |
| Metropolitan | Utrecht |
| Coordinates | 52°05′15″N 5°07′27″E / 52.08750°N 5.12417°ECoordinates: 52°05′15″N 5°07′27″E / 52.08750°N 5.12417°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 4,049,000 750,000 (18.5%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 4 March 1853 |
| Cathedral | Saint Catherine's Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Saint Willibrord |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Wim Eijk |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Theodorus Cornelis Maria Hoogenboom Herman Willebrordus Woorts |
| Emeritus Bishops |
Adrianus Johannes Simonis Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus (1983-2007) Johannes Antonius de Kok Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1982-2005) |
| Map | |
 The location of the Archdiocese of Utrecht in the Netherlands |
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| Website | |
| aartsbisdom.nl | |
The Archdiocese of Utrecht (Latin: Archidioecesis Ultraiectensis) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. It is the primatial see of the Netherlands. The Archbishop of Utrecht is the Metrolitan of the Ecclesiastical province of Utrecht. There are six suffragan dioceses in the province: Breda, Groningen-Leeuwarden, Haarlem-Amsterdam, Roermond, Rotterdam, and 's-Hertogenbosch. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is Saint Catherine Cathedral which replaced the prior cathedral, Saint Martin Cathedral, after it was taken by Protestants in the Reformation.
Source: Radboud University Library.
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