Andreas Rinkel
Andreas Rinkel was a Dutch priest who served as the nineteenth Old [Catholic Church of the Netherlands#Old Catholic Archbishops of Utrecht|Archbishop of Utrecht] from 1937 to 1970.
Early ministry
Before serving as Old Catholic [Church of the Netherlands#Old Catholic Archbishops of Utrecht|Archbishop of Utrecht], Rinkel served as a parish priest in Amersfoort, Holland, and as a professor at the seminary there. He was part of the Old Catholic commission that worked toward the reconciliation of the Old Catholic Church with the Anglican Church.
Following the death of Franciscus Kenninck, Archbishop of Utrecht, on 10 February 1937, Rinkel was consecrated Archbishop of Utrecht at St. Gertrude Cathedral in Utrecht by Bishop Johannes Hermannus Berends of Deventer, assisted by the Old Catholic bishops of Harlem, Germany, Switzerland, and Czechoslovakia.