Theodorus van der Croon
Theodorus van der Croon | |
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Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht | |
Church | Old Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Utrecht |
In office | 1734-1739 |
Predecessor | Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers |
Successor | Petrus Johannes Meindaerts |
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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
Moss, C.B. (1948). The Old Catholic Movement: Its Origins and History. Berkeley, CA: The Apocryphal Press.
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Preceded by Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers 1725-1733 |
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht 1668-1739 |
Succeeded by Petrus Johannes Meindaerts 1739-1767 |