Wim Eijk
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 71 |
Date of birth | June 22,1953 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Duivendrecht |
Netherlands | |
Predecessor | Adrianus Johannes Simonis |
Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht |
Ordination | June 1, 1985 |
Consecration | November 6, 1999 |
Education | Leiden University |
Pontifical Lateran University | |
Angelicum Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas | |
University of Amsterdam | |
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas - Angelicum | |
Creat cardin | 18 February 2012; by Benedict XVI |
Ordin | 1 June 1985; by Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen |
Other post | Bishops' Conference of the Netherlands |
San Callisto | |
Previous post | Groningen-Leeuwarden |
Books | God is Alive in Holland |
Archdioces | Archdiocese of Utrecht |
Church | Catholic |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1388334 |
Wim Eijk Life story
Willem Jacobus "Wim" Eijk is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2012. He has been the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht since 2007. He was Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden from 1999 to 2007.