Boudewijn Catz or Cats was apostolic vicar to the Dutch Mission

Dutch Mission

The Dutch Mission was from 1592 until 1853 the name of the former Catholic Church province of Utrecht in the area of the current Netherlands....

 from 1662 to 1663.

Life

He served as vicar

Vicar

In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...

 to the Diocese of Haarlem and on the death of Jacobus de la Torre

Jacobus de la Torre

Jacobus de la Torre was vicar apostolic of the Dutch Mission from 1651 to 1661 and of the Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch from 1657 to 1661.-Life:...

, passing over his coadjutor Johannes van Neercassel

Johannes van Neercassel

Johannes Baptista van Neercassel was Vicar Apostolic to the Dutch Mission from 1663 to 1686.-Life:He studied at Louvain and in Paris, where he joined the Oratorians. He was ordained priest in 1648 and in 1652 joined the Dutch Mission. In 1662 he was consecrated titular bishop of Castorie and in...

, Catz was made vicar apostolic on 31 May 1662. On 9 September 1662, in Cologne

Cologne

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 he was consecrated titular archbishop of Philippi.

He already seems to have been mentally weak at the time of his appointment as vicar apostolic and died insane - during his whole time in office he was wholly guided by Van Neercassel, who succeeded him.

Source

• De Katholieke Encyclopaedie (Amsterdam, 1938)