Roman Catholic Diocese of Rotterdam

Diocese of Rotterdam Dioecesis Roterodamensis Bisdom Rotterdam
Cathedral of St. Lawrence and St. Elizabeth in Rotterdam
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Netherlands
Territory	South Holland
Ecclesiastical province	Utrecht
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Utrecht
Deaneries	3
Coordinates	51°55′51″N 4°28′45″E / 51.93083°N 4.47917°E / 51.93083; 4.47917
Statistics
Area	8,326 km2 (3,215 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2020) 3,798,000 476,000 (12.5%)
Parishes	58
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Lawrence and St. Elizabeth[1]
Patron saint	Saint Lawrence, Saint Elizabeth
Secular priests	153
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende
Metropolitan Archbishop	Cardinal Wim Eijk
Vicar General	Dick Verbakel
Bishops emeritus	Ronald Philippe Bär, Bishop Emeritus (1983-1993) Adrianus Herman van Luyn, Bishop Emeritus (1993-2011)
Map
Location of the Diocese of Rotterdam in the Netherlands
Website
BisdomRotterdam.nl

The Diocese of Rotterdam (Latin: Dioecesis Roterodamensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in South Holland province of the Netherlands. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht. Since 2011, the bishop has been Hans van den Hende.

The cathedral ecclesiastical see is the Kathedrale Kerk van de HH Laurentius en Elisabeth, dedicated to Saints Lawrence and Elisabeth, in Rotterdam. The only minor basilica is Basiliek van de H. Liduina en Onze Lieve Vrouw van de Rozenkrans, dedicated to St. Liduina and Our Lady of the Rosary, in Schiedam.