Henricus van de Wetering

His Excellency
Henricus van de Wetering
Archbishop of Utrecht
Primate of the Netherlands

Black and white portrait of Henricus van de Wetering

Henricus van de Wetering
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Utrecht
Province Netherlands
See Saint Catherine's Cathedral
Installed 2 July 1895
Term ended 18 November 1929
Predecessor Petrus Matthias Snickers
Successor Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen
Orders
Consecration 24 March 1895
Rank Archbishop
Personal details
Born 26 November 1850
Hoogland, Netherlands
Died 16 November 1929 (1929-11-17) (aged 78)
Driebergen, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Denomination Roman Catholic

Henricus van de Wetering (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɛnˈrikɵs fɑn də ˈʋeːtərɪŋ];[1] 26 November 1850 in Hoogland 16 November 1929 in Driebergen).

Van de Wetering was appointed Titular Archbishop of Gaza and Coadjutor of the metropolitan see of Utrecht, on 8 February 1895. He was consecrated on 24 March 1895 at Hilversum, Church of Saint Vitus, by Caspar Josephus Bottemanne, Bishop of Haarlem. Five months later, upon the death of Archbishop Petrus Matthias Snickers, he succeeded him as Archbishop of Utrecht and Primate of the Netherlands, until his death in 1929.

References

  1. Van in isolation: [vɑn].
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Petrus Matthias Snickers
Archbishop of Utrecht
1895 1929
Succeeded by
Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen


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