Walter van Nieuwenhuisen

Walter Michael van Nieuwenhuisen served as the eleventh Archbishop of Utrecht from 1768 to 1797.

Walter Michael van Nieuwenhuisen
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
ChurchOld Catholic Church
ArchdioceseUtrecht
In office1768–1797
PredecessorPetrus Johannes Meindaerts
SuccessorJohannes Jacobus van Rhijn
Orders
Consecration7 February 1768
by Johannes van Stiphout & Bartholomaeus Johannes Byeveld
Personal details
Died14 April 1797

Early ministry

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Before serving as Archbishop of Utrecht, van Nieuwenhuisen served as a parish priest in Dordrecht.

Archbishop of Utrecht

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Following the death of Petrus Johannes Meindaerts, Archbishop of Utrecht, on 31 October 1767, the Chapter of Utrecht unanimously elected van Nieuwenhuisen as bishop elect. On 7 February 1768 he was consecrated by Bishop Johannes van Stiphout of Haarlem and Bishop Bartholomaeus Johannes Byeveld of Deventer. Despite van Nieuwenhuisen’s excommunication by the Roman Catholic Church for this act, C.B. Moss says, “The new archbishop received letters of communion from [Roman Catholic] bishops in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, and from a large number of [Roman Catholic] priests, who recognized fully, not only that the Church of Utrecht was orthodox in doctrine, but also that her claims to canonical jurisdiction were sound.”[1]

Death

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Van Nieuwenhuisen died on Good Friday, 14 April 1797.

References

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  1. ^ Moss, p. 137.

Sources

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

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
1668-1739
Succeeded by