Archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands
This article is about the current archdiocese within the Roman Catholic Church. For the 16th-century archdiocese, see Archdiocese of Utrecht (695–1580).
Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Utrecht
Archidioecesis Metropolitae Ultraiectensis Latinorum
In the Middle Ages, the bishops of Utrecht were also prince-bishops of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht within the Holy Roman Empire. The Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht must not be confused with the Diocese of Utrecht, which was larger than the Prince-Bishopric. Over the larger area outside the Prince-Bishopric, the bishop exercised only spiritual, not temporal, authority.
In 1580, the diocese was suppressed because of the rise of Protestantism. The Dutch Mission in various forms took care of the spiritual needs of Catholics in the former diocese of Utrecht until the modern archdiocese was established in 1853.
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