Willebrands, Johannes

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Name (Latin)
Willebrands, Johannes
Other forms of name
Willebrands, J. G. M
Willebrands, Johannes Gerardus Maria
Willebrands, Jan
Date of birth
1909-09-04
Date of death
2006-08-01
Field of activity
Catholic Church
Occupation
Bishops
Cardinals
Priests
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 12356273
Wikidata: Q703973
Library of congress: n 88183182
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Wikipedia description:

Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands (4 September 1909 in Bovenkarspel, North Holland – 1 August 2006) was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity from 1969 to 1989, and Archbishop of Utrecht from 1975 to 1983. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1969, Willebrands was central to the increased ecumenism of the Church in the second half of the 20th century, and was considered papabile at the two conclaves held in 1978.

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