Petrus Johannes Meindaerts
Petrus Johannes Meindaerts | |
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Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht | |
Church | Old Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Utrecht |
In office | 1739–1767 |
Predecessor | Theodorus van der Croon |
Successor | Walter van Nieuwenhuisen |
Orders | |
Consecration | 18 October 1739 by Dominique Marie Varlet |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 31 October 1767 | (aged 82)
Petrus Johannes Meindaerts (7 November 1684 in Groningen – 31 October 1767) served as the tenth Archbishop of Utrecht from 1739 to 1767. After the death of his consecrator, Bishop Dominique Marie Varlet, Meindaerts consecrated other bishops, such that all later Old Catholic bishops derive their apostolic succession from him.
Early Ministry
Meindaerts was ordained to the priesthood in Ireland by Roman Catholic Bishop
Meindaerts subsequently served as Archpriest of
Archbishop of Utrecht
Following the death of Theodorus van der Croon, Archbishop of Utrecht, on 9 June 1739, the Chapter of Utrecht elected Meindaerts as bishop-elect. On 18 October 1739 he was consecrated by Bishop Dominique Marie Varlet, former Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Babylon.[3] Meindaerts was subsequently excommunicated for this act by Benedict XIV.
At the time, 52 parishes acknowledged the jurisdiction of Meindaerts: 33 in the Diocese of Utrecht, 17 in Haarlem, one in Leeuwarden, and one in Nordstrand, Germany.
Consecration of other bishops
After Varlet's death on 14 May 1742, Meindaerts set himself to the task of ensuring apostolic succession within the
After three failed attempts of reunion with the
1763 Provincial Synod of Utrecht
In 1763, Meindaerts convened the first synod in Utrecht since 1565, for the purpose of condemning the work of Pierre Le Clere, a French subdeacon living in
References
Moss, C.B. (1948). The Old Catholic Movement: Its Origins and History. Berkeley, CA: The Apocryphal Press.