Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden

• Established on 12 May 1559 as Diocese of Groningen / Groningen(sis) (Latin), on territories split off from the then Diocese of Utrecht and Diocese of Munster (Germany). • Suppressed in 1600. • The diocese was re-erected on 2 February 1956 as the Diocese of Groningen/ Groningen(sis) (Latin), on territories split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Utrecht, and from the Diocese of Haarlem (Holland). • Renamed on 4 February 2006 as Diocese of Groningen–Leeuwarden (Nederlands) / Groninga–Leeuwarden (Curiate Italian) / Groningen(sis) et Leovardien(sis) (Latin adjective), albeit it without a co-cathedral. == Statistics and extent ==

As per 2014, it pastorally served 110,000 Catholics (5.7% of 1,923,000 total) on 8,585 km2 in 81 parishes with 36 priests (30 diocesan, 6 religious), 3 deacons, 18 lay religious (7 brothers, 11 sisters) and 9 seminarians. It is the smallest Dutch diocese in population, even while it is the largest in area, covering an area of some . As per the most recent data available, the number of churchgoers in 2005 was 12,435 or 0.7% of the total population. ==Episcopal ordinaries==

(Roman Rite) Bishops of Groningen • Johannes Knijff (1561–1576) • (1589–1592) • (1593–1594) Suffragan Bishops of Groningen • Pieter Antoon Nierman (1956–1969) • (1969–1999) • Wim Eijk (1999–2007), appointed Archbishop of Utrecht (elevated to Cardinal in 2012) • Gerard de Korte (2008–2016), appointed Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch • Cornelis van den Hout (2017–2024), appointed Bishop of Roermond • Ronald Cornelissen (2025–present) == See also ==

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