Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam
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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 |
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| 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 is a Larin 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 (Jos) Punt became the Bishop of the Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam in 2001.
On Tuesday, October 25, 2011, it was made known that Pope Benedict XVI had accepted the resignation of Bishop Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese. Monsignor Johannes Maria Willibrordus Hendriks was appointed as the new auxiliary bishop.
The cathedral episcopal see of the Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam is the Cathedral of Saint Bavo, a minor basilica in Haarlem, which city also has two former Cathedrals: Sint-Josephkerk Sint-Josephkerk, and Grote of Sint-Bavokerk (now a Protestant church). Other Minor Basilicas in the diocese: Basiliek van de H. Johannes de Doper, in Laren, and Basiliek van de H. Nicolaas (St. Nicholas), Amsterdam, both also in Noord-Holland.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 459,000 Catholics (15.7% of 2,932,000 total, mainly Protestant) on 2,912 km² in 145 parishes, with 207 priests (174 diocesan, 33 religious), 55 deacons, 539 lay religious (78 brothers, 461 sisters) and 34 seminarians.
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.
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