Wim Eijk

Quotes

• “Secularization began with increasing prosperity. Prosperity leads to individualization, and individualization to secularization. In the Netherlands, this happened when prosperity increased at an unprecedented rate, [starting in 1965].”

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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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Willem Eijk (2020).jpg

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