Wolter A.M. te Riele was born in Deventer as the son of G. te Riele, an architect who designed ca. 20 Roman Catholic churches, mostly in the provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel. Wolter first learned his skills from his father and later attended the St. Lucasschool in Gent (Belgium), a school for religious art. After his study he became a student at P.J.H. Cuypers' office. He completed his study in England with a course about medieval art. After returning to the Netherlands he started a firm in Deventer.

His style, like that of his father, at first was closely related to that of Alfred Tepe's work, resulting in some fairly traditional neo-Gothic churches inspired by Lower Rhine Gothicism and built mostly of brick. In 1905 Te Riele took over Tepe's position as main architect of the archdiocese of Utrecht. In 1918 he moved to the city of Utrecht, after having had an unsuccesful second office in Nijmegen for six years. Later in his career his style can be described as a modern version of neo-Gothicism. Until the late 1920's Te Riele continued to design in this modernized neo-Gothic style. Like many other catholic churches of that time his churches often were of a centralizing type. Among his own students was H.W. Valk.

The following is a list of his religious work mostly. It is still incomplete.

1894 Deventer (Ov): house Brink 73

House in neo-Renaissance style.

1896 Deventer (Ov): extension hospital St. Josephgesticht

Building in neo-Renaissance style.

1901-1902 Almelo (Ov): church St. Georgius

Te Riele's first church. Big three-aisled cruciform church in neo-Gothic style. Polygonal transept-arms. Probably Te Riele's only church with flying buttresses.

Destroyed in WW2. No further details.

1903 Hertme (Ov): church St. Stephanus

Small three-aisled church in neo-Gothic style. Wide central aisle, narrow side-aisles. 

1904-1906 Luttenberg (Ov): church St. Cornelius

Three-aisled church in neo-Gothic style. Like the church in Hertme it has a wide central aisle and narrow side-aisles. 

1905-1906 Cothen (U): church H.H. Petrus en Paulus

Basilican church in neo-Gothic style. Te Riele was forced to abandon the direction he took with his previous two churches and gave this church a nave and side-aisles of more traditional width.

1907 Wijk bij Duurstede (U): enlargement church St. Jan Baptist

New choir with lateral chapels and transept in neo-Gothic style for an older church.

1908-1915 Deventer (Ov): restoration Bergkerk

Incl. new windows in neo-Gothic style.

1908 Opeinde (Fr): reformed church

Te Riele's only protestant church. Small cruciform church with centralizing ground-plan. Te Riele was originally hired to restore the old church in this village, but when this building was beyond repair he designed a new one instead.

1908 Werkhoven (U): church O.L. V. Maria hemelvaart

Three-aisled basilica in neo-Gothic style.

1909-1911 Eindhoven-Gestel (NB): church St. Lambertus

Neo-Gothic cruciform basilican church with centralizing ground-plan.

1910 Hilversum (NH): church O.L. Vrouwe Onbevlekte Ontvangenis

Neo-Gothic church with centralizing ground-plan.

1912-1914 Coevorden (Dr): church H. Willibrordus

Three-aisled neo-Gothic church. Tower next to the front.

1912 Denekamp (Ov): extension church St. Nicolaas

Extension of a medieval church, with new traves, side-aisles, transept, crossing and choir in neo-Gothic style.

Cruciform church in neo-Gothic style, with square crossing-tower.

1913-1914 Millingen (G): church St. Antonius van Padua

Three-aisled cruciform basilica in neo-Gothic style. Badly damaged by artillery in 1945; the originally tall tower was rebuilt differently and shorter.

1913-1914 Wolvega (Fr): church St. Franciscus van Assisi

Centralizing church in neo-Gothic style. Replaced by a new church, except for the tower, in 1938-1939.

1913-1914 Veldhoven (NB): church St. Caecilia

Three-aisled cruciform basilica in neo-Gothic style. Extended in 1956 by architect C. Geenen.

1913-1914 Bakhuizen (Fr): church St. Odulphus

Church in neo-Gothic style.

Cruciform church in neo-Gothic style. Designed in 1913. Work started in 1914 but was temporarily interrupted due to World War One. Completed in 1915.

1914-1916 Amersfoort (U): church St. Ansfridus

Basilican cruciform church in neo-Gothic style.

1914-1915 Beek (G): transept and choir church St. Martinus

Extension in neo-Gothic style of an older church.

1914-1915 Ossenisse (Z): church St. Willibrordus

Three-aisled cruciform church in neo-Gothic style. Tower next to the front, wide side-aisles. Possibly a Gothic choir was retained.

1915 Heeze (NB): presbystery

House in neo-Gothic style.

1916-1918 Boven Leeuwen (G): church St. Willibrordus

Three-aisled cruciform basilica with pseudo-transept at the front. The tower was lowered in the 1920's due to constructional faults.

Neo-Gothic church with westwork.

1920 Eindhoven-Vlokhoven (NB): church O.L. Vrouw van Lourdes

Three-aisled basilica in neo-Gothic style. Originally two traves long. A third trave was added in 1932-1933, followed by a tower with a saddle-roof.

1921-1922 Koewacht (Z): church St. Philippus en Jacobus

Church in neo-Gothic style. Tower next to the choir.

1921 Wijk bij Duurstede (U): boys' school

School in simple neo-Gothic style.

1922-1923 Sprundel (NB): church St. Jan

Neo-Gothic three-aisled basilican church, incorporating a medieval tower.

1922-1923 Zeist (U): church St. Josef

Cruciform basilica in a neo-Gothic style inspired by early German neo-Gothicism. Already designed in 1915.

1922-1931 Helmond (NB): church St. Jozef

Cruciform church in late neo-Gothic style.

1923-1924 Ter Apel (Gr): enlargement church St. Willibrordus

Extension of A. Tepe's church of 1880-1881 with three traves and a new front flanked by stair-turrets.

Three-aisled hall-church with dormer windows.

1924 Utrecht (U): church St. Gertrudis

Church in neo-Gothic style, largely similar to the church in Koewacht. Tower next to the choir.

1924 Veendam (Gr): new choir church O.L. Vrouw ten Hemelopneming

Choir in neo-Gothic style for an older church.

1924-1925 Montfoort (U): church St. Johannes de Doper

Pseudo-basilican church in neo-Gothic style with hexagonal crossing-tower.

Te Riele's only truly centralizing church. Neo-Gothic church modelled after Stuyt's St. Catharina in 's-Hertogenbosch. Front with flanking stair-turrets. Central space covered by a pointed dome. Demolished in 1973.

1924-1925 Laren (NH): church St. Jan

Big neo-Gothic church with two towers at the front and polygonal crossing-tower.

1924 Stampersgat (NB): church H.H. Martelaren van Gorcum

Cruciform church in neo-Gothic style, practically identical to the church built in Lonneker in 1912.

1925-1926 Easterwierrum (Fr): church St. Wiro

Small three-aisled pseudo-basilica in simple neo-Gothic style.

1925-1927 Axel (Z): new choir church St. Gregorius de Grote

Choir in neo-Gothic style, replacing the original choir of P. Soffers' church of 1862-1863.

1926 Hengelo (Ov): church O.L. Vrouw van Altijddurende Bijstand

Church in neo-Gothic style. Combination of a basilica and a centralizing ground-plan. Choir with tower.

1927-1928 Arnhem (G): church H. Hart van Jezus

Three-aisled cruciform basilica in a style that features elements of both Expressionism and Traditionalism. Tower on top of the choir.

192? Stampersgat (NB): Franciscan convent

No further details.

1926 Gemonde (NB): church St. Lambertus

Three-aisled basilican church in neo-Gothic style.

1928 Bosschenhoofd (NB): church 

Cruciform church. Rebuilt by J. Hurks in 1946 after having been damaged in the war, leaving only the original nave and choir.

1928 Hengelo (Ov): Roman Catholic school

School in Traditionalistic style.

Three-aisled church in neo-Gothic style. Very wide nave with wide side-aisles. Instead of a clerestorey the nave had domer windows on two different levels. Square tower with octagonal upper segment. Badly damaged in 1944 and replaced later.

1931-1932 Gilze (NB): enlargement church St. Petrus' Banden

Second transept, new choir with lateral chapels and sacristy added to an older church.

Te Riele's last church. Neo-Gothic pseudo-basilica with small bell-turret at the front.