Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:The Netherlands
See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.
- Regarding Maastricht 384, and Roermond 1559:
- 0200-0300
- Trier - Germany
- 0250-0300
- Köln (maybe established from Köln) - Germany
- 0344~
- Tongeren / Tongres - Belgium
- 0718-0722
- Liège [first Tongeren, then Maastricht, the name Tongeren still used a while] - Belgium)
- Regarding Middelburg 1559:
- 200-300
- Reims - France
- 540~
- Arras (detached from Reims) - France
- 0500~
- Tournai / Doornik (detached from Reims) - Belgium
- 580
- Cambrai (new name, See moved from Arras) - France
- 0676
- Tournai and Noyon (united) - Belgium, France
- 1146
- Tournai (previously Tournai and Noyon) - Belgium
- 0384~
- Maastricht (new name, See moved from Tongeren) - Netherlands, Belgium
- 0695
- Utrecht (established by St. Willibrord, consecrated in Rome as Bishop of the Frisians) - Netherlands
- (0718-0722)
- (Liège (See moved from Maastricht, the name Tongeren still used for a while) - Belgium)
- 1559
- Utrecht (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan province of Köln) - Netherlands
- 1559
- Deventer (detached from Utrecht, and from Münster) - Netherlands
- 1559
- Groningen (detached from Utrecht, and from Münster) - Netherlands
- 1559
- Haarlem (detached from Utrecht) - Netherlands
- 1559
- Leeuwarden (detached from Utrecht) - Netherlands
- 1559
- Middelburg (detached from Tournai, and from Cambrai) - Netherlands
- 1559
- Roermond (detached from Liège, and from Köln) - Netherlands
- 1559
- s'Hertogenbosch (detached from Liège) - Netherlands
- (1573-1580)
- (The Calvinist Reformation leads to the suppression of Catholic Dioceses in the Northern Netherlands)
- 1580
- Deventer (suppressed due to the Reformation) - Netherlands
- 1580
- Groningen (suppressed due to the Reformation) - Netherlands
- 1580
- Leeuwarden (suppressed due to the Reformation) - Netherlands
- 1580
- Middelburg (suppressed due to the Reformation) - Netherlands
- 1580
- Utrecht (suppressed due to the Reformation) - Netherlands
- 1580
- Haarlem (suppressed due to the Reformation) - Netherlands
- 1592
- Batava / Holland (Mission "sui iuris", from the suppressed Dutch jurisdictions) - Netherlands
- 1629
- s'Hertogenbosch (suppressed, Bishop in exile) - Netherlands
- 1648~
- s'Hertogenbosch (AV) - Netherlands
- 1801
- Roermond (suppressed, territory incorporated in Aachen, in Liège, in Grave AV, and in Megen AV) - Netherlands
- 1803
- Breda (AV, erected from the Dutch territories of the suppressed Antwerpen (D, suppr. 1801), and from Gent) - Netherlands
- 1803
- Grave AV (detached from the suppressed Roermond [suppr. 1801], and from s'Hertogenbosch AV) - Netherlands
- 1803
- Megen AV (detached from the suppressed Roermond [suppr. 1801], and from s'Hertogenbosch AV) - Netherlands
- 1840
- Limburg (AV, detached from Liège, and from Aachen: The parts of Roermond that after 1801 were added to these dioceses) - Netherlands
- 1852
- Grave AV (incorporated in s'Hertogenbosch AV) - Netherlands
- 1852
- Megen AV (incorporated in s'Hertogenbosch AV) - Netherlands
- 1853
- Utrecht (Metr., new name, previously Batava / Hollandic Mission , reestablished with territories from that Mission, see details) - Netherlands
- 1853
- Breda (D, previously AV, added territories detached from the Batava / Hollandic Mission, see details) - Netherlands
- 1853
- Haarlem (reestablished, detached from the Batava / Hollandic Mission, see details) - Netherlands
- 1853
- Roermond (reestablished, previously Limburg AV) - Netherlands
- 1853
- s'Hertogenbosch (reestablished, previously AV) - Netherlands
- 1955
- Groningen (reestablished, detached from Utrecht) - Netherlands
- 1955
- Rotterdam (detached from Haarlem) - Netherlands
- 1957
- Nederland (Mil.Ord.) - Netherlands
- 2005
- Groningen-Leeuwarden (new name, previously Groningen) - Netherlands