Theodorus van der Croon

Theodorus van der Croon
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
Church Old Catholic Church
Archdiocese Utrecht
In office 1734-1739
Predecessor Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers
Successor Petrus Johannes Meindaerts
Orders
Consecration October 28, 1734
by Dominique Marie Varlet

Theodorus van der Croon (1668-1739) served as the ninth Archbishop of Utrecht from 1734 to 1739.

Early Ministry & Association with the Chapter of Utrecht

Van der Croon was a parish priest in Gouda, Netherlands and was associated with the Chapter of Utrecht since the days of Archbishop Petrus Codde (1688-1710).[1]

Archbishop of Utrecht

Following the death of Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers, Archbishop of Utrecht, on May 13, 1733, the Chapter of Utrecht convened on July 22, 1733 and unanimously elected van der Croon as bishop elect.[2] On October 28, 1734, he was consecrated by Bishop Dominique Marie Varlet of the Diocese of Babylon.[3] Church historian C.B. Moss described van der Croon as "a man of particularly gentle disposition."[4]

He published a considerable nmber of cworks in Dutch and Latin [5]

References

  1. Moss, p. 130.
  2. Moss, p. 130.
  3. Moss, p. 131.
  4. Moss, p. 131.
  5. [Worldcat http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=Theodorus+van+der+Croon]

Moss, C.B. (1948). The Old Catholic Movement: Its Origins and History. Berkeley, CA: The Apocryphal Press. 

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers
1725-1733
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
1668-1739
Succeeded by
Petrus Johannes Meindaerts
1739-1767
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