Catholic Church

in

Kingdom of the Netherlands (Netherlands)

Also known as: Niederlande (Deutsch), Países Bajos (español), les Pays-Bas (français), Paesi Bassi (Italiano), Holandia (polski), Países Baixos (Português), Nederland (Nederlands), 荷蘭 (正體中文), オランダ (日本語), Nederlandia (latine)

By Type (9)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (1)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (7)

Military Ordinariates (1)

By Rite

Roman Rite (8): Breda, Groningen–Leeuwarden, Haarlem–Amsterdam, Military Ordinariate of the Netherlands, Roermond, Rotterdam, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Utrecht

Ukrainian Church (1): Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris

by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses

Apostolic Nunciature: Netherlands

Holy See Representation: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Conference of Bishops: Nederlandse Bisschoppenconferentie

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)

Cardinals (1 elector/1 total)

Willem Jacobus Eijk (72)

All Cardinals

Bishops

All Churches

Special Churches

Cathedrals (11)

Basilicas (28)

National Shrines (1)

Church Lists

Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Willibrord (November 7)

Saints: 70 Saints, 10 Blesseds

Liturgical Calendar 📅

Documents and Celebrations

Papal Visits

1985.05.11 – 1985.05.15: Apostolic Journey to the Netherlands

Geography

Continent: West Europe

Capital: Amsterdam

Area: 33,893 km²

Population: 17,084,719

Former Name: Holland, Austrian Netherlands, Spanish Netherlands

Dependencies: Aruba , Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba , Curaçao , Sint Maarten

Neighbouring Countries: ← England , → Germany , ↓ Belgium

Cultural Summary

Religions: Roman Catholic 23.7%, Protestant 15.5% (includes Dutch Reformed 6.5%, Protestant Church of The Netherlands 5.7%, Calvinist 3.3%), Islam 4.9%, other 5.7% (includes Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish), none 50.1%

Languages: Dutch (official)

Ethnic Groups: Dutch 77.4%, EU 6.2%, Turkish 2.3%, Moroccan 2.3%, Indonesian 2.1%, Surinamese 2%, other 7.7%

Motto: Ik zal handhaven (Dutch); Je maintiendrai (French) (I will preserve)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 41,526 km²

Catholic Population: 4,854,000 Catholics (27.8% of 17,475,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 615 parishes, 8 other centres

Clergy: 18 bishops (7 diocesan, 11 titular), 1,458 priests (769 diocesan, 689 religious), 338 permanent deacons (334 diocesan, 4 religious)

Non-Clergy: 3,621 religious (508 brothers, 3,113 sisters), 2 members of secular institutes (sisters), 106 major seminarians, 18 missionaries, 69 catechists

Consecrated Persons (Not Ordained)

Seminarians

Lay Missionaries

Catechists

Last updated on 2025.10.15