Key facts
- Church
- Catholic
- Archdiocese
- Utrecht
- Appointed
- 11 December 2007
- Installed
- 26 January 2008
- Predecessor
- Adrianus Johannes Simonis
- Other posts
- President of the Bishops' Conference of the Netherlands Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto (2012 – present)
- Previous post
- Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden (1999 – 2007)
- Ordination
- 1 June 1985, by Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen
- Consecration
- 6 November 1999, by Adrianus Johannes Simonis
- Created cardinal
- 18 February 2012, by Benedict XVI
- Rank
- Cardinal-Priest
- Born
- Willem Jacobus Eijk , ( 1953-06-22 ) 22 June 1953 (age 72) , Duivendrecht , Netherlands
- Education
- University of Amsterdam (Medicine) Rolduc (Seminary) Leiden University (MD, Medicine) Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (PhD, Philosophy) Pontifical Lateran University (Licentiate, Theology)
- Motto
- Noli Recusare Laborem , ( Latin for ' Do Not Reject the Work ' )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Willem
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Duivendrecht
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Educated at
- Pontifical Lateran University
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 2025 conclave
- Image
- Willem Eijk (2020).jpg
- Work location
- Utrecht
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- Commons category
- Wim Eijk
- consecrator
- Sergio Utleg
- date of birth
- 1953-06-22
- member of
- Pontifical Academy for Life
- birth name
- Willem Jacobus Eijk
- name in native language
- Willem Jacobus Eijk
- floruit
- 2012-01-01
- P8168
- Dr. Ox's Experiment
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