Willem Jacobus Eijk | |
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Church | Catholic |
Archdiocese | Utrecht |
See | Utrecht |
Appointed | 11 December 2007 |
Installed | 26 January 2008 |
Predecessor | Adrianus Johannes Simonis |
Other post(s) | |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden |
Orders | |
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 |
Personal details | |
Born | Willem Jacobus Eijk 22 June 1953 Duivendrecht, Netherlands |
Education | |
Motto | Noli Recusare Laborem (Do Not Reject the Work) |
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Styles of Wim Eijk | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
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.