Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands

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Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands
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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 (

Archdiocese of Utrecht (695–1580). The Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands is the mother church of the Old Catholic Union of Utrecht
.

The jurisdiction is currently led by Archbishop Metropolitan Bernd Wallet.[2]

History

Further information:
Archdiocese of Utrecht (695–1580)

Early history

St.

St. Servatius, Bishop of Maastricht.[3] Willibrord had been consecrated by Pope Sergius I in circa 696 in Rome.[4][5]

In 1145,

legatus natus,[b] to summon to a court of first instance in Cologne, Philip of Burgundy, his treasurer, and his ecclesiastical and secular subjects.[7][c] 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.[1]
: 72 

Reformation and Jansenism

Further information on the missionary district of the Catholic Church during and after the Protestant Reformation (1592–1853):
Holland Mission

Forced into hiding as a result of the

Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia in 1592.[9]

The Jesuits accused Archbishop

Formula of Submission for the Jansenists, Clement XI suspended Codde in 1701 and appointed a successor, Gerard Potcamp [nl], as apostolic vicar.[citation needed
]

Although the historic archdiocese was suppressed in 1580, and its replacement, the apostolic vicariate, was erected in 1592, the chapter of the suppressed archdiocese arranged for Luke Fagan, Bishop of Meath, to ordain priests for the suppressed archdiocese in 1716.[1]: 235–236, 282 

Finally in 1723, dissatisfied Dutch clergy elected

Roman Pontiff. Varlet later reconciled with the Catholic Church, but subsequently consecrated, again without a papal mandate, three more bishops for the independent Ultrajectine church, which would later become known as "Old Catholic" after 1853. Among the three bishops was Petrus Johannes Meindaerts who consecrated several other bishops, becoming the source of apostolic succession for all Old Catholic bishops, after he was consecrated by Varlet in 1739 which had no papal mandate.[1]
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The apostolic vicariate was reduced to a mission sui iuris by Pope Benedict XIII in 1727.[9]

In 1853, under the

secret and private religious worship. After reestablishment of the episcopal hierarchy in the Netherlands in 1853 by Pope Pius IX, the breakaway Church of Utrecht adopted the name "Old Catholic Church" to distinguish itself from the newly created Roman hierarchy by its seniority in the Netherlands.[citation needed
]

Vatican I

In 1870 the

Catholic dogma of papal infallibility
were defined.

Several separate communities were formed at this time and sought apostolic succession from the Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht, eventually forming the

Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches
, and these German speaking communities adopted the name Old Catholic. The schism was able to continue.

Doctrine

Old Catholics believe they preserve ancient Catholic doctrine through adherence to the "ancient Catholic faith".

Blessed Sacrament and the veneration of the saints.[12]

Old Catholic Archbishops of Utrecht

Main article: Old Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (not to be confused with the Catholic prelate who holds the same title) is the leader of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands, and chairman of its governing bodies.

The current archbishop is Bernd Wallet.[13]

Old Catholic Bishops of Deventer

Footnotes

  1. ^ Elections prior to Heribert, election of bishops in the diocese was by popular vote and included laity in the electorate.[1]: 64 
  2. ^ "As papal power increased after the middle of the eleventh century these legates came to have less and less real authority and eventually the legatus natus was hardly more than a title."[6]
  3. ^ Joosting and Muller noted that Leo X also promulgated another bull, in which he commissioned that the Bishop of Utrecht, his treasurer and his subjects informed that they were empowered to disregard privileges formerly granted to others and to prosecute offenders while setting aside formerly specified legal process.[7]
  4. ^ a b The Archdiocese of Utrecht (695–1580) was suppressed in 1580.[8]
  5. Sacrament of Confirmation in 1718 outside of his jurisdiction while travelling through Amsterdam.[1]: 241–245 [10]

References

  1. ^
    OCLC 600855086
    .
  2. ^ "Bernd Wallet verkozen tot nieuwe aartsbisschop Oud-Katholieke Kerk". frieschdagblad.nl. Archived from the original on 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  3. ^ "Sint Servatius project - Archeologie - Universiteit van Amsterdam". archive.is. 2012-05-30. Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  4. ^ "Saint Willibrord". CatholicSaints.Info. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  5. ^ "Bishop St. Willibrord's Record of Succession". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  6. OCLC 568161011
    .
  7. ^
    OCLC 765196601
    .
  8. ^ "Archdiocese of Utrecht". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  9. ^ a b "Mission "Sui Iuris" of Batavia (Holland Mission)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  10. ^ "Bishop Dominique-Marie Varlet". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Archived from the original on 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  11. ^ Churches, the Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic. Declaration of Utrecht.
  12. ^ ""Old Catholic Church History"". Archived from the original on 2006-08-23. Retrieved 2006-08-09.
  13. ^ "Bernd Wallet verkozen tot nieuwe aartsbisschop van Utrecht". oudkatholiek.nl (in Dutch). Oud-Katholieke Kerk van Nederland. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

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