Diocese of Rotterdam


The Diocese of Rotterdam is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in South Holland province of the Netherlands. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht. Since 2011, the bishop has been Hans van den Hende.
The cathedral ecclesiastical see is the Kathedrale Kerk van de HH Laurentius en Elisabeth, dedicated to Saints Lawrence and Elisabeth, in Rotterdam. The only minor basilica is Basiliek van de H. Liduina en Onze Lieve Vrouw van de Rozenkrans, dedicated to St. Liduina and Our Lady of the Rosary, in Schiedam.

History

It was erected on July 16, 1955, on territory from the split off from the Diocese of Haarlem, from which at the same time the Diocese of Groningen was also split off.
It enjoyed a papal visit from Pope John Paul II in May 1985.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 531,600 Catholics on 3,403 km2 in 75 parishes, with 358 priests, 34 deacons, 452 lay religious and 6 seminarians.

Ordinaries

;Suffragan bishops of Rotterdam

List of churches

Partial list of historical church buildings

  1. Cathedral of Saints Laurentius and Elisabeth, Rotterdam
  2. Saint Hippolytus Chapel, Delft
  3. Saint Maria of Jesse, Delft

Deanery of The Hague

The official website of the diocese shows the Catholic communities organized in two vicariates. The two deaneries are further organized into subgroups of parishes, federations and clusters.
The Hague Vicariate has the following parishes, federations or clusters:
  1. Parish of Saint Augustine, Katwijk aan den Rijn, Oegstgeest, Voorschoten, Wassenaar
  2. Parish of Saint Barnabas, Haastrecht
  3. Parish of Saint Bartholomew, Schoonhoven
  4. Parish of Saint John the Baptist, Bodegraven, Boskoop, Gouda, Moordrecht, Reeuwijk, Waddinxveen
  5. Parish of Saint Martin, Noordwijk, Noordwijkerhout, Sassenheim/Warmond, Voorhout
  6. Parish of Saint Nicholas, Zoetermeer
  7. Parish of Peace of Christ, Kamerik, Meije en Zegveld, Oudewater, Woerden,
  8. Parish of Saints Peter and Paul, Leiden, Leiderdorp, Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk, Zoeterwoude-Dorp, Stompwijk
  9. Vicariate of Merenwijk, Leiden
  10. Parish of Saint Thomas, Alphen aan den Rijn, Hazerswoude-Dorp, Hazerswoude-Rijndijk
  11. Parish of The Four Evangelists, The Hague
  12. Parish of Saint Willibrord, De Zilk, Hillegom, Lisse

Federation of Saints Clare and Francis (''Federatie HH. Clara en Franciscus'')

  1. Parish of Saint Clare of Assisi, Aarlanderveen, Langeraar, Nieuwkoop, Nieuwvee, Noorden, Zevenhoven
  2. Parish of Saint Francis of Assisi, Hoogmade/Woubrugge, Leimuiden, Oude Wetering, Oud Ade/Rijpwetering

Cluster of The Hague North (''Cluster Den Haag Noord'')

  1. Parish of Saint Agnes, The Hague
  2. Parish of Saint Anthony the Abbot, The Hague
  3. Parish of Saint Anthony of Padua, The Hague
  4. Parish of The Holy Three Kings, The Hague
  5. Parish of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, The Hague
  6. Parish of Saint James the Greater, The Hague
  7. Parish of Saint Willibrord, The Hague

Cluster Vlietstreek

  1. Parish of The Holy Trinity, Leidschendam
  2. Parish of Saint Boniface, Rijswijk
  3. Parish of the Risen Christ, Voorburg
  4. Parish of Saint Martin, Voorburg

Deanery of Rotterdam

The deanery has the following parishes, federation and clusters:
  1. Parish of the Good Shepherd, Maassluis, Schiedam, Vlaardingen
  2. Parish of Saints Michael and Clement, Rotterdam
  3. Parish of Saint Nicholas Pieck and Companions, Brielle, Hellevoetsluis, Rhoon, Rotterdam-Hooglviet, Rozenburg, Spijkenisse
  4. Parish of Saint Theresa of Avila, H.I. AMbacht/Zwijndrecht, Dordrecht, Alblasserdam/Papendrecht/Sliedrecht
  5. Parish of Our Lady of Sion, Den Hoorn, Maasland, Schipluiden
  6. Parish of Saint Ursula, Delft
  7. Parish of the Holy Family, Achthuizen, Middelharnis, Oud Beijerland, Oude Tonge, Puttershoek

Federation Driestromenland (''Federatie Driestromenland'')

  1. Parish of the Trinity, Everdingen/Leerdam/Vianen
  2. Parish of the Holy Martyrs of Gorcum, Arkel/Gorinchem/Hardinxveld-Giessendam

Federatie IPV-5

  1. Parish of Saint Paul Conversion, Capelle aan den IJssel
  2. Parish of Mary, Queen, Krimpen aan den IJssel
  3. Parish of Saint Joseph, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
  4. Parish of Saint Cecelia, Rotterdam-Alexander
  5. Vicariaat Ommoord-Zevenkamp, Rotterdam-Ommoord

Federatie H. Maria Magdalena

  1. Parish of Saint Augustine, Barendrecht
  2. Parish of Saint George, Ridderkerk
  3. Parish of Emmaus, Rotterdam
  4. Parish of the Trinity, Rotterdam
  5. Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rotterdam

Federation of Oostland (''Federatie Oostland'')

  1. Parish of Saint Willibrord, Bergschenhoek
  2. Parish of The Nativity of Mary, Berkel en Rodenrijs
  3. Parish of Our Lady's Visitation, Bleiswijk
  4. Parish of Saint Bartholomew, Nootdorp
  5. Church of Saint [John the Baptist (Pijnacker)|Parish of Saint John the Baptist], Pijnacker

Federatie St. Franciscus, tussen duin en tuin ([Westland (municipality), Netherlands])

  1. Parish of the Holy Martyrs of Gorcum, De Lier
  2. Parish of Our Lady's Assumption into Heaven, 's-Gravenzande
  3. Parish of Saint Egbert and Lambert, Hook of Holland
  4. Parish of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Honselersdijk
  5. Parish of Saint Andrew, Kwintsheul
  6. Community of Saint James, Maasdijk
  7. Parish of Saint Malo of Brittany, Monster, South Holland
  8. Parish of Saint Adrian, Naaldwijk
  9. Parish of Saint Bartholomew, Poeldijk
  10. Parish of Saint John the Baptist, Wateringen
  11. Parish of Saint Joseph, Wateringen

Federatie Rotterdam Rechter Maasoever

  1. Parish of Saint Lambert, Rotterdam
  2. Cathedral Parish of Saints Lawrence and Elisabeth, Rotterdam
  3. Parish of Saints Lawrence and Ignatius, Rotterdam
  4. Parish of the Peace of Christ, Rotterdam
  5. Parish of Saint Dominic, Rotterdam
  6. Parish of Saints Francis and Clare, Rotterdam
  7. Parish of Saint Joseph, Rotterdam
  8. Parish of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary and Saint Albert, Rotterdam
  9. Parish of Saint Nicholas, Rotterdam
  10. Parish of the Four Evangelists, Rotterdam