Wim Eijk


Willem Jacobus Eijk
Cardinal Eijk in 2020.
ChurchCatholic
ArchdioceseUtrecht
SeeUtrecht
Appointed11 December 2007
Installed26 January 2008
PredecessorAdrianus Johannes Simonis
Other post(s)
Previous post(s)Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden
Orders
Ordination1 June 1985
by Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen
Consecration6 November 1999
by Adrianus Johannes Simonis
Created cardinal18 February 2012
by Benedict XVI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Willem Jacobus Eijk

(1953-06-22) 22 June 1953 (age 71)
Duivendrecht, Netherlands
Education
MottoNoli Recusare Laborem
(Do Not Reject the Work)
Coat of armsWillem Jacobus Eijk's coat of arms
Styles of
Wim Eijk
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal

Willem Jacobus "Wim" Eijk (born 22 June 1953) 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. Before his clerical career he worked as a doctor; as a priest he made medical ethics the focus of his academic studies.