Bernd Wallet
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht | |
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Church | Old Catholic Church Dutch Reformed Church (formerly) |
Archdiocese | Old Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht |
Elected | 15 February 2020 |
In office | 2020 to present |
Predecessor | Joris Vercammen |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2007 by Joris Vercammen |
Consecration | 18 September 2021 by Dirk Schoon |
Personal details | |
Born | Barend Theodoor Wallet February 27, 1971 |
Bernd Wallet serves as the 84th
Life and career
The son of a pastor of the
From 2007 to 2010, Wallet served as assistant curate in
Wallet served as pastor of St. Gertrude Cathedral in Utrecht from 2015 to 2020.
His episcopal consecration was first scheduled for 21 June, but postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] On 23 October 2020, the Metropolitan Chapter of Utrecht announced that the consecration, which had been scheduled for 7 November 2020 (the Feast of St Willibrord, the first bishop of Utrecht), had to be cancelled a second time.[9] He was eventually consecrated as a bishop on 18 September 2021 in the Lebuïnuskerk in Deventer by Old Catholic bishop Dirk Schoon, with bishops Matthias Ring (Catholic Diocese of the Old-Catholics in Germany) and Robert Innes (Church of England) acting as co-consecrators; bishops of the Church of England, the Episcopal Church, and the Church of Sweden participated in the consecration as well, while the Catholic Church, the Protestant Church of the Netherlands and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople send some delegates without taking part in the ceremony.[10][11] He was enthroned on the following day in St. Gertrude's Cathedral in Utrecht.[10]
Wallet is married and has children.[12]
References
- ^ "Bernd Wallet verkozen tot nieuwe aartsbisschop van Utrecht". oudkatholiek.nl (in Dutch). Oud-Katholieke Kerk van Nederland. 15 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Bernd Wallet verkozen tot nieuwe aartsbisschop Oud-Katholieke Kerk". Friesch Dagblad (in Dutch). 17 February 2020. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Utrechter Union - Episcopal Consecration and Enthronement of Mgr. Bernd Wallet, Archbishop of Utrecht". www.utrechter-union.org. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Bernd Wallet verkozen tot nieuwe aartsbisschop van Utrecht". oudkatholiek.nl (in Dutch). Oud-Katholieke Kerk van Nederland. 15 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Bernd Wallet verkozen tot nieuwe aartsbisschop van Utrecht". oudkatholiek.nl (in Dutch). Oud-Katholieke Kerk van Nederland. 15 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Bernd Wallet verkozen tot nieuwe aartsbisschop van Utrecht". oudkatholiek.nl (in Dutch). Oud-Katholieke Kerk van Nederland. 15 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ de Jong, Piet. "Nieuwe aartsbisschop Bernd Wallet: 'Ik wil parochies uitdagen een open huis te zijn voor mensen in hun omgeving'". Nederlands Dagblad. Nederlands Dagblad. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Bisschopswijding Bernd Wallet uitgesteld". oudkatholiek.nl (in Dutch). Oud-Katholieke Kerk van Nederland. 25 April 2020. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Wijding aartsbisschop opnieuw uitgesteld". oudkatholiek.nl (in Dutch). Oud-Katholieke Kerk van Nederland. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Utrechter Union - Episcopal Consecration and Enthronement of Mgr. Bernd Wallet, Archbishop of Utrecht". www.utrechter-union.org. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Mons. Bernd Wallet consacrato vescovo – Christkatholische Kirche der Schweiz" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "De Oud-Katholieke Kerk heeft een nieuwe aartsbisschop: Bernd Wallet (48)". noordhollandsdagblad.nl (in Dutch). Noordhollands Dagblad. 15 February 2020. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.