Petrus Josephus Jans

Petrus Josephus Jans (* 1909 in Hilversum as Pieter Joseph Jans , † 1994 in The Hague ) was a Dutch old Catholic clergyman and from 1959 to 1979 Bishop of Deventer .

Life

From 1929 to 1934 Jans studied theology at the seminary in Amersfoort . In 1934 he was ordained a priest . After years of chaplaincy and parish in IJmuiden (1937–1939) and Amsterdam (1939–1945), he led the seminary in Amersfoort from 1945 to 1963 and taught there from 1947 to 1965 dogmatics and practical theology. On 7 July 1959 he donated the Archbishop of Utrecht , Andreas Rinkel , in the cathedral church of St. Gertrudis the episcopal ordination . From 1963 to 1971 he worked as a pastor in Delft , then until his retirement in 1979 as a pastor in 's-Gravenhage.

Works

• The teaching of the Church in the life of believers. Schönenwerd 1954; Pre-printed in: IKZ 43, 1953, pp. 245–263.
• Ecumenical Council meeting in St. Andrews. In: IKZ 50, 1960, pp. 248-254.
• Man and woman in relation to ecclesiastical office. In: IKZ 52, 1962, pp. 145–156.

literature

• EH (Guus) Bary: Excentriek in het bisdommenlandschap. Deventer as bischopsstad in de rooms-kathiek en oud-kathiek traditie. In: Lebuïnus en Walburgis bijeen. Deventer en Zutphen as the historical center of kerkelijke leven. Delft 2006, ISBN 978-90-5972-148-7 , pp. 25, 30.
• Urs Küry (founder), Christian Oeyen (ed.): The Old Catholic Church. Their history, their teaching, their concerns (= The Churches of the World. Series A: Self-portrayals of the Churches. Vol. 3). Third edition supplemented and provided with a supplement. Evangelisches Verlagswerk, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-7715-0190-3 , p. 525.

Web links

• Short biography. Retrieved February 17, 2011 (Polish). 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ferdinand Hermann: Symbolism of Religions. Volume 16, 1968, p. 108.

predecessor	Office	successor
Engelbertus Lagerwey	Bishop of Deventer 1959–1979	Antonius Jan Glazemaker