Cunerus Petri

Cunerus Petri (c. 1531 – 15 February 1580) was the first bishop of Leeuwarden to take possession of the see.

[1] He was nominated in succession to Remi Drieux, who had been unable to do so before being translated to the position of bishop of Bruges.

On 26 February 1570 he published the decrees of the Council of Trent in his diocese, and on 15 April held a diocesan synod.

In December 1576 the States of the Lordship of Friesland subscribed to the Pacification of Ghent.

Upon his release he sought refuge in Germany, dying in Cologne on 15 February 1580.