Roman Catholic Diocese of Roermond

Diocese of Roermond Dioecesis Ruremundensis Bisdom Roermond
Saint Christopher Cathedral
Location
Country	Netherlands
Territory	Limburg
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Utrecht
Statistics
Area	2,209 km2 (853 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 1,136,000 1,091,000 (96%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	12 May 1559 (re-established 4 March 1853)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Christopher in Roermond
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Frans Wiertz
Metropolitan Archbishop	Cardinal Wim Eijk
Auxiliary Bishops	Everardus Johannes de Jong
Map
Location of the Diocese of Roermond
Website
www.Bisdom-Roermond

The Diocese of Roermond is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. The diocese is one of the seven Roman-Catholic suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht. The territory of the diocese covers the Province of Limburg.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Christopher in Roermond.

Its main pilgrimage sites are Kapel in het Zand and Valkenburg.

The Dean of Roermond is responsible for the parishes in that city and a few other municipalities in the diocese.

Originally established on 12 May 1559, on territories split off from the from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln (Cologne, in Germany) and Diocese of Liège (Luik, in Belgium).

During the Napoleonic era, on 1801.07.15 it lost territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Grave–Nijmegen, on 1801.11.29 the diocese was suppressed, its territory being divided between the above vicariate and to establish the (German) Diocese of Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle).

It was re-established in 1840 by the Holy See as (pre-diocesan) Apostolic Vicariate of Limburg. In 1853 it was promoted as Diocese of Roermond and gained territory from the Belgian Diocese of Liège.