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Cornelius Steenhoven
Dutch bishop
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role in Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands
- In Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands
In 1723 the church elected Cornelius Steenhoven as its bishop, and he was subsequently consecrated by the missionary bishop of Babylon, Dominique-Marie Varlet. The church bases its claim to the apostolic succession of its bishops upon this event.
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