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	Utrecht (U)
		Utrecht (U) Utrecht (U) This capital of the province of the same name is one of the country's oldest, with its first origins dating from the Roman period, when a castellum called Trajectum ad Rhenum was built.
		The city is the seat of two bishops; the Roman Catholic archbishop and a bishop of the Old-catholics.
		This is the cathedral of the Old-Catholic bishop of Utrecht.
	utrechtchurches.tripod.com /utrecht.html (1168 words)

	Bishop of Utrecht - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Willibrord was consecrated bishop of frisians at Rome by Pope Sergius I, and with the consent of the Frankish ruler, Pippin of Herstal, he settled at the market-town of Utrecht.
		In 1527, the Bishop sold his territories to Emperor Charles V and the principality became part of the Habsburg dominions; the chapters voluntarily transferred their right of electing the bishop to Charles, and Pope Clement VII gave his consent to these proceedings.
		According to the terms of the Union of Utrecht, the rights and privileges of the Roman Catholic religion were guaranteed, but on June 14, 1580, the practice of that religion was forbidden by the magistrates of Utrecht.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bishop_of_Utrecht (684 words)

	Utrecht (province) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country.
		In World War II, Utrecht was held by German forces until the general capitulation of the Germans in the Netherlands on May 5, 1945.
		In the east of Utrecht lies the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, a chain of hills left as lateral moraine by tongues of glacial ice after the Saline glaciation that preceded the last ice age.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Utrecht_(province) (359 words)

	Utrecht - Holland
		The history of Utrecht is closely entwined with that of its cathedral, which is, perhaps, of all the churches in Holland, the one that has seen the strangest vicissitudes.
		But in the matter of religion, Utrecht possesses a precious rarity, a curious archeological relic, worthy of a museum, the principal seat of the Jansenist sect, which is no more found in the condition of a constituted church, except in the Low Countries, where it counts still thirty communities and some thousands of believers.
		A few miles from Utrecht, near a beautiful wood, is the village of Zeist, which is approached by a road bordered with the parks and country houses of the rich merchants of Rotterdam.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles19/holland-9.shtml (2378 words)

	COUNTY OF HOLLAND - LoveToKnow Article on COUNTY OF HOLLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He waged war, successfully with Adelbold, the powerful bishop of Utrecht, and made himself master not only of his anceitral possessions, but of the district on the Meuse known as the Bushland of Merweda (fw-cslunz Merweda), hitherto subject to the see of Utrecht.
		He found a formidable adversary in the able and warlike,~ ~ William, who, becoming bishop of Utrecht in 1Q54, was determined to recover the lost possessions of his see; and in I058, in alliance with Hanno, archbishop of Cologne, Egbert, margrave of Brandenburg, the bishop of Liege and others, invaded the Frisian territory.
		The East Frisian districts, Oostergoo and Westergoo, were by Lothaire transferred from the rule of the bishops of Utrecht to that of the counts of Holland (1125).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HO/HOLLAND_COUNTY_OF.htm (10806 words)

	An Historic Overview of the Old Catholic Church
		Willibrord, the Apostle of the Netherlands was consecrated to the Episcopacy by Pope Sergius I in 696 at Rome.
		During this period, the chapter arranged to have an Irish bishop, Luke Fagan, Bishop of Meath and later Archbishop of Dublin, ordain priests for the Church of Utrecht.
		In 1763, at the call of Archbishop Meindaerts, a synod of the bishops and clergy was held, and the acts of this synod are a remarkable testimony to its firm hold of the Faith, and its intention that the church of Holland should remain steadfast in it.
	www.angelfire.com /ne/stpaul/History.html (1570 words)

	Utrecht The Netherlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Utrecht has an excellent academic atmosphere and Utrecht University is one of the most prominent universities in The Netherlands.
		Utrecht, the historical heart of The Netherlands, is well known as an excellent meeting and congress destination.
		Utrecht is situated in the centre of the Netherlands.
	www.immerloo.freeler.nl /utrecht.html (1302 words)

	NewShaff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The bishop of Utrecht was originally chosen by the clergy, and in 1145 the Emperor Conrad III, confirmed the right to the chapter of St. Martin's Cathedral.
		Sasbold Vosmeer, chosen general vicar by the Utrecht chapter in 1583, after the death of the archbishop in 1580, was consecrated archbishop by the pope in 1602, but with the title archbishop of Philippi.
		It is not strange that the Old Catholic bishops disapproved the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854, and that of papal infallibility in 1870.
	www.occna.org /NewShaff.htm (3099 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Early on, three principal dioceses were established in the cities of Utrecht, Deventer and Haarlem to administer the affairs of the Church in the territory.
		Bishop de Landes Berghes, in spite of great difficulty and isolation from the Utrecht Union of Churches, due to Bishop Mathew's hasty action in withdrawing from the Union, was able to plant the roots of an independent expression of Catholicism in America.
		At the suggestion of the Archbishop of Utrecht, the Old Catholic bishops in the United States established the Council of Independent Catholic Bishops as a means to more closely coordinate ministry and serve as a forum for better communication and exchange of ideas and planning.
	www.occna.org /old_catholic_history.htm (1582 words)

	Old Roman Catholic Church History
		Introduction: While the ACCA is not jurisdictionally connected with the Old Roman Catholic Church, both share apostolic sucession from the Old Catholic See of Utrecht, and the ACCA regards her with sisterly affection and her clergy as fellow-laborers in the vineyard of the Lord.
		Willibrord, the Apostle of the Netherlands was consecrated to the Episcopacy by Pope Sergius I in 696 A.D. at Rome.
		In the course of that year and the next, the entire body of theologians and canonists of the University agreed that the rights of the Chapter of Utrecht had been violated and the actions against it were not only contrary to church law but null and void.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Forum/7951/orcchistory.html (1669 words)

	Bishop of Utrecht (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Willibrord was consecrated bishop of frisians at Rome by Pope Sergius I, and with the consent of the frankish ruler, he settled at the market-town of Utrecht.
		In 1527, the Bishop sold his territories to Emperor Charles V and the principality became part of the Habsburg dominions; the chapters voluntarily transferred their right of electing the bishop to Charles, and Pope Clement VII gave his consent to the proceeding.
		At present the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht, often a Cardinal, is the Primate of Netherlands and the Metropolitan of a province with six suffragans.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Bishop_of_Utrecht (876 words)

	Catholic Apostolic National Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It was Bishop Mathew's charge to minister among Anglo-Catholics and Roman Catholics impeded from full participation in the life and sacraments of the Church.
		Bishop de Landes Berghes, in spite of great difficulty and isolation from the Utrecht Union of Churches, due to Bishop Mathew withdrawing from the Union, was able to plant the roots of an independent expression of Catholicism in
		He was consecrated a bishop by Mar Julius, Metropolitan of the Independent Catholic Church of Ceylon, Goa and India, who was assisted by Mar Paul Athanasius, Bishop of Kottayam and Mar Gregorius Geevargheese, Bishop of Niranam (who was later canonized a Saint by the Malankaran Orthodox Syrian Church of India).
	www.oldcatholic.com /ochistory.html (2038 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Conrad of Utrecht
		When the excommunicated Bishop William of Utrecht died in 1076, the emperor gave the episcopal See of Utrecht to Conrad, who, like his predecessor, sided with Henry IV in his conflicts with Gregory VII, and at the Synod of Brixen in 1080 even condemned the pope as a heretic.
		This territorial loss of the bishop was compensated by the emperor, who, in 1077, gave him the district of Stavoren in Friesland, and in 1086 added the two other Frisian districts, Ostergau and Westergau.
		Conrad is the founder and architect of the collegiate church of Notre-Dame at Utrecht.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04261b.htm (317 words)

	Willibrord
		Bishop of Utrecht, Apostle of the Frisians, and son of St. Hilgis, born in Northumbria, 658; died at Echternach, Luxembourg, November 7, 739.
		At the request of Pepin he traveled twice to Rome, finally being consecrated Bishop of the Frisians in the Church of St. Cecilia.
		He returned to Frisia to preach and to build numerous churches, among them a monastery at Utrecht, where he established his cathedral and is counted the first Bishop of Utrecht.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Willibrord (1132 words)

	Bishop of Utrecht (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Bishopric of Utrecht was one of the ecclesiastical principalities the Holy Roman Empire and included not only the present Dutch province of Utrecht but also the provinces of Groningen Drenthe and Overijssel.
		In 1527 the Bishop sold his to Emperor Charles V and the territory became part of Habsburg Netherlands.
		On the surface, Bishop appears to be another in a string of soft rock singers from the late '70s whose only connection seem to be one or two big hits and a beard (see Andrew Gold, Rupert Holmes).
	www.freeglossary.com /List_of_Utrecht_bishops (535 words)

	ORCCNA: History
		Bishop Mathew declared autonomy of the English mission in 1910.
		In 1914, Bishop Mathew appointed Bishop Rudolph Francis Edward Hamilton de Lorraine-Brabant, Prince de Landas Berges, to establish the ministry of the Old Roman Catholic Church in the United States.
		Carmel Henry Carfora, an Italian Franciscan Friar, was elected to succeed Bishop de Landes Berghes as Archbishop of the Old Roman Catholic Diocese of America.
	www.orccna.org /history.htm (189 words)

	The Old Catholic Church
		Eventually the Archbishop of Utrecht reached an informal agreement with the civil government allowing the Dutch Church to function openly without interference from the reformists.
		The Archbishop of Utrecht, later, consecrated Father Arnold H. Mathew, a former Roman Catholic priest, as Regionary Bishop for England.
		Bishop Berghes, in spite of his isolation, was able to plant the seed of Old Catholicism in the Americas.
	www.members.tripod.com /Old_Catholic/history.html (1172 words)

	EuroGames Utrecht 2005 : Utrecht //// (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Utrecht is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands, with a population of more than 0.25 million.
		Utrecht was inhabited by the Romans in 47 AD (yes, 1,954 years ago) by a ford in the river Rhine.
		In the 11th century bishop Bernulphus planned five churches in the form of a cross, with the Cathedral as it's centre.
	www.eurogames.info /2005/utrecht/intro.html (741 words)

	Bishop Of Utrecht (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Bishopric of Utrecht was one of the ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire, and included not only the present day Dutch province of Utrecht, but also the provinces of Groningen, Drenthe, and Overijssel.
		In 1527, the Bishop sold his territories to Emperor Charles V, and the territory became part of the Habsburg Netherlands.
		In 1701 Archbishop Petrus Codde was excommunicated by the Pope, having been accused of being a Jansenist.
	www.wikiverse.org /bishop-of-utrecht (254 words)

	Utrecht (province) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and islocated in the center of the country.
		Many wars were fought between Utrecht and the neighbouring counties andduchies, Holland, Gelderland and Brabant.
		In 1527, the bishop of Utrecht sold his worldly power over his territories to Emperor Charles V, who already owned the otherDutch provinces.
	www.therfcc.org /utrecht-province--73281.html (237 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Gregory of Utrecht
		In 744 St. Willibrord, the first Bishop of Utrecht, had died but had received no successor.
		He became the first Bishop of Munster later, and wrote the life of Gregory.
		His relics were religiously kept at Utrecht, and in 1421 and 1597 were examined at episcopal visitations.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07021a.htm (521 words)

	Comenius
		The first church in Utrecht was founded in the year 630 by King Dagobert.
		As we have already said Willibrord was the first bishop of Utrecht.
		Bishop Balderik was the one who saved Utrecht from the Vikings.
	www.heemlanden.nl /comenius/2001/utrecht.html (1241 words)

	Holland from 993 - 1299 The history of the Lowlands during the reign of the Counts of the house of Holland
		He waged war, successfully with Adelbold, the powerful bishop of Utrecht, and made himself master not only of his ancestral possessions, but of the district on the Meuse known as the Bushland of Merweda (Merwede), hitherto subject to the see of Utrecht.
		In 1018 Count Dirk III was attacked at his Castle ("Huis te Merwede") by the Bishop of Utrecht (Adebold II) with the help of traders of Tiel and the Roman Emperor Hendrik II (1002-1024) because of the toll they had to pay when passing Dortrecht.
		He found a formidable adversary in the able and warlike, William, who, become bishop of Utrecht in 1054, was determined to recover the lost possessions of his see; and in I058, in alliance with Hanno, archbishop of Cologne, Egbert, margrave of Brandenburg, the bishop of Liege and others, invaded the Frisian territory.
	www.geerts.com /holland/holland-2.htm (4516 words)

	Amersfoort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands.
		It was granted city rights in 1259 by the bishop of Utrecht Hendrik van Vianden.
		This was the place where the Bishop of Utrecht settled a court, in order to control the "Gelderse vallei".
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/am/Amersfoort.htm (616 words)

	Hotel Utrecht, Hotel Mitland **** Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, Tour Utrecht (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Utrecht is an old Roman city dating from 47 A.D. developed round the settlement of a fort on the river Rhine.
		The construction of The Dom Church and Dom Tower began in the late 13th century and was completed in the 14th century.
		Utrecht's canals are unique because of the pedestrian walkways (warfs) on either side.
	www.mitland.nl /hotel/utrecht/tour_utrecht_e.htm (428 words)

	Eggink Castle
		The officer formerly known by the name of elder, bishop, or presbyter (terms exactly synonymous in the New Testament) became now distinguished by the elevation of the bishop above his brethren, and each of the above terms was carried out into a distinction of places in the Christian church.
		Cyril was ordained bishop of the catholic church in Alexandra.
		Claude, bishop of Turin, was a Spaniard, Arian, and Catholic, yet he loudly proclaimed his view of truth, in opposition to the errors of the times.
	www.woodstocknation.org /Egginkbendanann.htm (2917 words)

	Utrecht on GlobalGuide.Org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Utrecht derives from the former bishopric of Utrecht - in the Middle Ages, most of the area of the current province was ruled by the bishop of Utrecht.
		However, the Habsburg rule did not last long, as Utrecht joined the revolt of the United Provinces against Charles's son Philip II of Spain in 1579.
		Utrecht began with a Roman castle established in 47 AD as part of reinforcements along the Rhine.
	www.globalguide.org /index.phtml?id=43110 (259 words)

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