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A History of the So-Called Jansenist Church of Holland;
with a Sketch of Its Earlier Annals,
And some Account of the Brothers of the Common Life.

By the Rev. J.M. Neale, M.A.

Oxford: John Henry and James Parker, 1858.

APPENDIX IV.

d. List of Deans: and the present Chapter.

In the year 1763, as we have seen, the Chapter consisted of the following Canons: —

On the death of Archbishop Meindaerts, Oct. 31, 1767, the Canons appointed as Vicars-General —

Francis Meganck, Dean and
Sibrand Faber, Archdeacon.

1771. Sibrand Faber, Archdeacon, died; was succeeded by Nicolas van Maeren, as Archdeacon.

1775. Francis Meganck died; was succeeded by Kicolas de Wolff, as Dean.

1778. Nicolas van Maeren died; was succeeded by Jacob Cornelius de Groot, as Archdeacon.

1784. Nicolas de Wolff died; was succeeded by John Baptist Eugenius van Gyselinck, as Dean.

1792. Jacob Cornelius de Groot died; was succeeded by Timothy de Jongh, as Archdeacon.

On the death of Archbishop Van Nieuwenhuisen, April 24th, 1797, the Chapter consisted of —

They elected as Vicars-General, (April 20th, 1797,) John Baptist Eugenius Gyselinck, Dean, and John Jacob van Rhijn.

1800. John Baptist Eugenius Gyselinck died; was succeeded by Timothy de Jongh, as Dean; and he by Cornelius de Jong, as Archdeacon.

On the death of Archbishop Van Rhijn, June 24, 1808, the Chapter consisted of —

They appointed, June 28, 1808, as Vicars-General, Gisbert de Jong, Bishop of Deventer, and Willibrord van Os.

At the election of Willibrord van Os, Feb. 10, 1814, the Chapter was the same as at the death of Archbishop Van Rhijn, except that William Boshuisen had been succeeded by Godfrey Spruijt.

1818. Timothy de Jongh died; was succeeded by Cornelius de Jong, as Dean; and he by Arnold Stanislaus van Werekhoven, as Archdeacon.

On the death of Archbishop Van Os, the Chapter consisted of —

They appointed as Vicars-General —

William Vet, Bishop of Deventer, and
John van Santen.

1828. Cornelius de Jong died; was succeeded by William Vet, Bishop of Deventer, as Dean.

1853. Arnold Stanislaus van Werckhoven died; his office of Archdeacon not filled up.

1853. William Vet, Bishop of Deventer, died; was succeeded as Dean by Gerard Spet.

On the 14th of December, 1857, the Chapter consisted of —

1. Gerard Spet, Dean.
2. Herman Heykamp, Bishop of Deventer.
3. Gerard van der Weyde.
4. Henry de Jongh.
5. Peter van Wijk.
6. Nicolas Bikker.
7. Henry Loos.
8. Cornelius John Mulder.

The Chapter of Haarlem, though it still exists, so carefully conceals the names of those who compose it, in order not to excite Ultramontane censures, that I cannot learn the names of any of its canons. A doubt has been even expressed to me by an eminent ecclesiastic of the National Church, whether, since the promulgation of the Bull Ex quâ die, this Chapter is likely to perpetuate itself any longer.

For the above list I am indebted to the Abbé Karsten, one of the many obligations which the present volume owes to his unwearied kindness.

 

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