The Diocese of Leeuwarden was established in principle on 12 May 1559, canonically split from the then Diocese of Utrecht, which was simultaneously promoted to an Archdiocese and became Leeuwarden's Metropolitan. Its territory was defined by the papal bullRegimini universalis of 7 August 1561 as the territory of Friesland with the islands Terschelling and Ameland. The episcopal see was to be the church of St Vitus, formerly a parish church. Diocesan finances were derived from the income of the regular canons of Burgum and the Premonstratensian Pingjum Abbey near Bolsward, with the cathedral chapter financed from Mariengaard Abbey in Hallum.[1]
The first bishop to be appointed, in 1561, was Remi Drieux (Remigius Driutius), who never took possession of his see. Despite this, in October 1565, Dreux did take part in the provincial council of Utrecht as bishop of Leeuwarden.[2] In 1569 Drieux was appointed to the diocese of Bruges, and was succeeded in Leeuwarden by Cunerus Petri.
In 1578, during the Dutch Revolt, part of the Eighty Years War (when Catholic Habsburg lost the northern provinces), bishop Petri was captured by the rebel stadtholder (governor) of Friesland, George de Lalaing, Count of Rennenberg, and imprisoned in Harlingen. The bishop was to die in exile in Germany in 1580. In 1579 Rennenberg sequestered the revenues of the diocese, and transferred them to the States of Friesland. The diocese was legally suppressed, along with Catholic worship, in 1580.[3] From 1592 the diocesan territory was ecclesiastically part of the Dutch Mission.
roman, catholic, diocese, leeuwarden, short, lived, 1559, 1580, roman, rite, dutch, suffragan, diocese, ecclesiastical, province, archbishopric, utrecht, tower, former, cathedral, contents, history, residential, bishops, suffragan, also, references, sources, e. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeuwarden was a short lived 1559 1580 Roman Rite Dutch suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishopric of Utrecht The tower of the former cathedral Contents 1 History 2 Residential Bishops of the suffragan see 3 See also 4 References 5 Sources and external linksHistory editThe Diocese of Leeuwarden was established in principle on 12 May 1559 canonically split from the then Diocese of Utrecht which was simultaneously promoted to an Archdiocese and became Leeuwarden s Metropolitan Its territory was defined by the papal bull Regimini universalis of 7 August 1561 as the territory of Friesland with the islands Terschelling and Ameland The episcopal see was to be the church of St Vitus formerly a parish church Diocesan finances were derived from the income of the regular canons of Burgum and the Premonstratensian Pingjum Abbey near Bolsward with the cathedral chapter financed from Mariengaard Abbey in Hallum 1 The first bishop to be appointed in 1561 was Remi Drieux Remigius Driutius who never took possession of his see Despite this in October 1565 Dreux did take part in the provincial council of Utrecht as bishop of Leeuwarden 2 In 1569 Drieux was appointed to the diocese of Bruges and was succeeded in Leeuwarden by Cunerus Petri In 1578 during the Dutch Revolt part of the Eighty Years War when Catholic Habsburg lost the northern provinces bishop Petri was captured by the rebel stadtholder governor of Friesland George de Lalaing Count of Rennenberg and imprisoned in Harlingen The bishop was to die in exile in Germany in 1580 In 1579 Rennenberg sequestered the revenues of the diocese and transferred them to the States of Friesland The diocese was legally suppressed along with Catholic worship in 1580 3 From 1592 the diocesan territory was ecclesiastically part of the Dutch Mission The diocesan title would reappear in 1969 when the Diocese of Groningen was refounded as Diocese of Groningen Leeuwarden Residential Bishops of the suffragan see editRemi Drieux 15 March 1560 16 September 1569 nominal later bishop of Bruges in Flanders 16 September 1569 death 12 May 1594 Cunerus Petri 16 September 1569 death 15 February 1580 See also editList of Catholic dioceses in the NetherlandsReferences edit L J Rogier Geschiedenis van het katholicisme in Noord Nederland vol 1 Amsterdam 1947 p 226 L J Rogier Geschiedenis van het katholicisme in Noord Nederland vol 1 Amsterdam 1947 p 273 W Eekhoff Geschiedkundige beschrijving van Leeuwarden vol 1 Leeuwarden 1846 pp 226 227 Sources and external links editGCatholic nbsp This article about a Roman Catholic diocese in Europe is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Netherlands related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeuwarden amp oldid 1089827117, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
