Franciscus Josefus van Vree (8 February 1807 – 31 January 1861) was the first bishop of Haarlem after the re-establishment of Catholic dioceses in the Netherlands in 1853, and the third since the original founding of the bishopric in the 16th century.

[1] After training as a priest and receiving ordination, he was sent to the junior seminary in Katwijk (established 1831) where he taught classical languages from 1836 to 1838, when he became headmaster.

[2] In 1842 the school was transferred to the Society of Jesus and Van Vree was appointed president of the Major Seminary in Warmond.

[2] In 1857 he made an ad limina visit to Rome, where he was ceremonially appointed to the household of Pope Pius IX.

[1] Van Vree died suddenly in 1861 at the age of 53, having served as bishop for eight years.