Marinus Kok (8 February 1916 - 31 July 1999) was a Dutch priest who served as the twentieth Archbishop of Utrecht from 1970 to 1982.

Marinus Kok
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
ChurchOld Catholic Church
ArchdioceseUtrecht
In office1970-1982
PredecessorFranciscus Kenninck
SuccessorAntonius Jan Glazemaker
Personal details
Born(1916-02-08)8 February 1916
Died31 July 1999(1999-07-31) (aged 83)
Zeist, Netherlands

After studying at the Old Catholic Seminary in Amersfoort, Netherlands, he was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in 1941. Kok served as a parish priest in Arnhem, Amersfoort and The Hague, while he served on the faculty of the Old Catholic Seminary in Amersfoort. He became a member of the Chapter of Utrecht in 1967, and rector of the seminary in Amersfoort in 1968. Kok was chosen in 1969 as coadjutor to Andreas Rinkel, the Archbishop of Utrecht. After Rinkel retired on November 8, 1970, he consecrated Kok on November 9, 1970. Kok retired as Archbishop of Utrecht on December 31, 1981.

Kok was married to Topy Smits (1914-2009). On July 31, 1999, he died at a hospital in Zeist at the age of 83.

Old Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Andreas Rinkel
1937-1970
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
1970-1982
Succeeded by

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Moss, C.B. (1948). The Old Catholic Movement: Its Origins and History. Berkeley, CA: The Apocryphal Press. ISBN 9780976402596.