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The Diocese of Roermond is one of seven Roman-Catholic dioceses in the Archdiocese of Utrecht. The current (second) diocese was re-established in 1853. Its border are that of the borders of the province Limburg.
Its Cathedral is the St. Christopher Cathedral in Roermond. The diocese has more than 1 million registered Roman-Catholics (about 96% of the population of Limburg) and 19,6% regularly attend mass.
Its main Pilgrimage sites are Kapel in het Zand and Valkenburg. The most beautiful churches are in Roermond, Kapel in het Zand, Wessem, Thorn, Valkenburg and Maastricht.
The dean of Roermond is responsible for the parishes in the city of Roermond and a few other municipalities in the diocese of Roermond.
[edit] List of bishops
| Bishops of the first diocese |
Bishops after 1853 |
- Wilhelmus Lindanus (1562-1588)
- Henricus Cuyckius (1596-1609)
- Jacobus a Castro (1611-1639)
- Andreas Creusen (1651-1657)
- Eugenius Graaf d'Allamont (1659-1666)
- Lancelot de Gottignies (1672-1673)
- Reginaldus Cools (1677-1700)
- Angelus Graaf d'Ongnies et d'Estrees (1701-1722)
- Franciscus Sanguessa (1722-1741)
- Josephus Werbrouck (1743-1746)
- Johannes de Robiano (1746-1769)
- Henricus Kerens (1770-1775)
- Philippus Rijksgraaf van en tot Hoensbroeck (1775-1793)
- Joannes Baron van Velde tot Melroy en Sart-Bomal (1794-1801)
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- Joannes Paredis (1853-1886)
- Franciscus Boermans (1886-1900)
- Josephus Drehmanns (1900-1913)
- Laurentius Schrijnen (1914-1932)
- Gulielmus Lemmens (1932-1958)
- Antonius Hanssen (1958-1958)
- Petrus Moors (1959-1970)
- Joannes Gijsen (1972-1993)
- Alphonsus Castermans, auxiliary from January 16 1982 till May 3 1997
- Frans Wiertz (1993- )
- Everhardus Johannes de Jong, auxiliary since 1998
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