Roman Catholic Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden


The Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden is a suffragan Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the northern part of the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht. It encompasses the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe, as well as the Noordoostpolder, a part of the province of Flevoland.
The cathedral episcopal seat is the Saint Joseph Cathedral in the city of Groningen, capital of the province of the same name. One former cathedral remains in Catholic use : the Sint-Maartenskerk, dedicated to Saint Martin, also in Groningen, is now Protestant church; the Sint-Vituskerk, dedicated to Saint Vitus, in Leeuwarden is only rarely frequented by a small community of faithful from an old orphanage.

History

As per 2014, it pastorally served 110,000 Catholics on 8,585 km2 in 81 parishes with 36 priests, 3 deacons, 18 lay religious 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

;Suffragan Bishops of Groningen
;Suffragan Bishops of Groningen
;Suffragan Bishops of Groningen