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The Roman Catholic parish of Holten was founded in the 1960s as a split from the parish of the same name in Nieuw-Heeten. After temporarily using a gymnasium, the Catholics of Holten still attend church in the Dutch Reformed community center Irene.

The Roman Catholic community in Rozenburg has existed since about 1955. In the mid-fifties, there were indeed some Catholics living in Rozenburg, but they belonged to the parish of Brielle. Because Brielle was quite far away, the pastor of Maassluis was the designated pastor for the Rozenburg Catholics.

Replaced old church from 1917, which was demolished due to mine damage. Construction followed in 1957. Consecration 26 June 1960 by mgr. Moors. Important work in the oeuvre of JJ Fanchamps (1912-1982): hall church, built in concrete skeleton construction and Kunrade stone, covered by curved shell roofs. To the left of the front facade is a semi-detached tower. The side facades are externally provided with a loggia, to support the shell roof. Remarkable and innovative example of Roman Catholic church construction after the war, especially due to the wide span of the nave. The front facade contains reliefs by W. van Hoorn, representing the Holy Trinity, the four evangelists and the twelve apostles. As an important example of Roman Catholic church construction from the reconstruction period, the church was nominated in 2007 and later designated as a national monument in the context of the reconstruction top hundred.

The Jozef Arbeiderkerk is a church building in Meerssen built between 1958-1959.

The church building St. Jozef Werkman in Sleeuwijk, built in 1964 as a semi-permanent branch church but now in use as a regular parish church, belongs to the parish Joannes Nepomucenus. A second location that is mainly used for feast days is the monumental water board church in Woudrichem. The St. Jozef church, located on the Rijksstraatweg, was designed by architect J. de Jong under construction pastor S. Baselaar, ofm The first stone was laid on 15 February 1964. The building could be blessed on 28 August 1964. It is a rectangular, functional space that is only interrupted by two pillars that carry a beam that runs from front to back. Initially, the entrance was at the back, but after a renovation in 1979, the main entrance was moved to the front on the Rijksstraatweg. The portal was then converted into a sacristy.

Demolished. Replaced.

St. Judocus, consecrated 1893, P.Th. Stornebrink. Neo-Romanesque basilica with semi-circular apses against the end gables of the transept and the choir, as well as at both ends of the side aisles. The church, built of brick, has a facade decoration with lesenes and arched friezes. Tower of four floors, separated by moldings, with arched friezes and triangular gable crowns. Apse-shaped tower portal.

A monumental neo-Gothic hall church from 1876 designed by Alfred Tepe, the architect of the Utrecht St. Bernulphusgilde. The church has a three-aisled hall nave and a characteristic spire on the tower. With the original stained glass by Geuer and the painted copper plates by Mengelberg, the church is a prominent part of the skyline of the village center of Beesd.

Tower of the Roman Catholic Church, made of rubble stone, 12th century, with superstructure of marl, 16th century. In the church, which is not on the list itself, there are, among other things, the main altar 18th century, two confessionals (1844), baptismal font (15th century), some grave crosses and tombstones.

H. Kruisverheffing, 1891-1892 by A. Tepe. Three-aisled brick HALL CHURCH with tower, closely related to Tepe's St. Nicolaaskerk in IJsselstein. High altar in neo-Gothic style from the studio of FW Mengelberg. Limestone retable with reliefs and pinnacles, wooden shutters with painting. Two side altars, also from the Mengelberg studio with wooden sculpture in the retables and painted shutters. In the apse of the high choir five stained glass neo-Gothic windows. Mechanical tower clock. Has been decommissioned. Three-manual, pneumatic organ, made by the Adema company in 1927, originally made for the Roman Catholic St. Michael's Church in Zwolle, purchased in 2008 for relocation in Raalte.