Andreas Rinkel

Andreas Rinkel (10 January 1889 – 25 March 1979) was a Dutch priest who served as the nineteenth Archbishop of Utrecht from 1937 to 1970.

Andreas Rinkel
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
Church	Old Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Utrecht
In office	1937–1970
Predecessor	Franciscus Kenninck
Successor	Marinus Kok
Orders
Consecration	15 June 1937 by Johannes Hermannus Berends et al.
Personal details
Born	(1889-01-10)10 January 1889 Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands
Died	25 March 1979(1979-03-25) (aged 90) Utrecht, Netherlands

Early ministry

Before serving as Archbishop of Utrecht, Rinkel served as a parish priest in Amersfoort, Holland, and as a professor at the seminary there. He was part of the Old Catholic commission that worked toward the reconciliation of the Old Catholic Church with the Anglican Church.

Archbishop of Utrecht

Following the death of Franciscus Kenninck, Archbishop of Utrecht, on 10 February 1937, Rinkel was consecrated Archbishop of Utrecht at St. Gertrude Cathedral in Utrecht by Bishop Johannes Hermannus Berends of Deventer, assisted by the Old Catholic bishops of Harlem, Germany, Switzerland, and Czechoslovakia.

See also

• Catholic Church in the Netherlands
• Old Catholic Church