Bernardus Johannes Alfrink

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His Eminence Bernardus Johannes Alfrink
Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht Primate of the Netherlands
Church	Latin Church
Archdiocese	Utrecht
Installed	31 October 1955
Term ended	6 December 1975
Predecessor	Johannes de Jong
Successor	Johannes Willebrands
Orders
Ordination	15 August 1924 by Henricus van de Wetering
Consecration	17 July 1951 by Paolo Giobbe
Created cardinal	28 March 1960 by John XXIII
Rank	Cardinal Priest
Personal details
Born	5 July 1900 Nijkerk, Netherlands
Died	17 December 1987 (1987-12-18) (aged 87) Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Buried	Saint Catherine's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	EVANGELIZARE DIVITIAS CHRISTI

Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (5 July 1900 – 17 December 1987) was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1955 to 1975, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1960.^[1]