Willem Jacobus Eijk

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Willem Jacobus Eijk in 2007 as Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden
Coat of arms as Cardinal-Archbishop of Utrecht

Willem Jacobus Cardinal Eijk , also Wim Eijk , (born June 22, 1953 in Duivendrecht , Netherlands ) is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht .

Life

Coat of arms as the bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden

Willem Jacobus Eijk comes from Duivendrecht in the north of the Netherlands. In 1978 he graduated from the University of Amsterdam with a degree in medicine . Until 1979 he worked as a doctor for internal medicine. He later entered the seminary of the Diocese of Roermond in Kerkrade and began studying philosophy and Catholic theology . He combined this with a degree in medical ethics at the University of Leiden . On June 1, 1985, Eijk received the sacrament of ordination in the Cathedral of St. Christoffel in Roermond .

From 1985 to 1987 Willem Jacobus Eijk was a pastor in Venlo . He was in medicine with a thesis on the 1987 euthanasia doctorate . In 1989 he received his doctorate in philosophy with a thesis on genetic engineering at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome . In 1990 Eijk graduated from the Pontifical Lateran University with a degree in Catholic theology . From 1990 to 1994 Willem Jacobus Eijk taught moral theology at the seminaries of Rolduc and 's-Hertogenbosch . Later he was President of the Mater Ecclesiae Domesticae Institute in Rolduc. From 1996 to 1999 Eijk was Professor of Moral Theology at the Theological Faculty of Lugano . From 1997 to 2002 he was a member of the Pope's international theological commission .

On 17 July 1999 it appointed Pope John Paul II. To the Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden . The episcopal ordination received his Adrianus Johannes Cardinal Simonis on November 6 of that year in Groningen; Co -consecrators were Bishop Frans Wiertz and Bishop Sergio Lasam Utleg . His motto Noli recusare laborem (“Do not reject the work”) comes from the traditional prayer for the death of St. Martin of Tours .

On December 11, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . as Archbishop of Utrecht and successor to Adrianus Johannes Cardinal Simonis. The inauguration took place on January 26, 2008.

In the consistory of February 18, 2012, Benedict XVI took him. as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Callisto in the college of cardinals . A year later, Eijk took part in the 2013 conclave .

Papal criticism

In May 2018 criticized Eijk Pope Francis in the strongest possible after this conflict within the German Bishops' Conference on the question of whether there Protestants could allow in individual cases of exception, in the Roman Catholic Eucharist , the Communion to be received by the CDF national to the The Bishops' Conference had had it referred back instead of resolving it authoritatively, as the critics expected. On the website of the conservative American daily National Catholic Register and in the traditionalist Italian Internet magazine La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana as well as on the German-language Internet portal Kath.net , Eijk published an article that first appeared on a private Dutch website in which he wrote that the Pope had it through his inadequate clarification of doctrine and practice of the Church fails to "keep and impart the creed faithfully and in unity". With reference to the Catechism of the Catholic Church , he compared the Pope's government with the appearance of the Antichrist in the Apocalypse (Apk 17,5) and spoke in connection with his pontificate of the “mystery of wickedness” and an eschatological “religious delusion”.

Memberships

Memberships in the Roman Curia

Archbishop Willem Jacobus Eijk is a member of the following institutions of the Roman Curia :

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cardinal-designate Eijk: Doctor, Defender of Life - ZENIT - English . In: ZENIT - English . February 14, 2012 ( zenit.org [accessed May 8, 2018]).
  2. ^ Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Utrecht (Paesi Bassi). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 11, 2007, accessed December 21, 2014 (Italian).
  3. ^ Cardinal Eijk: Pope Francis Needed to Give Clarity on Intercommunion. In: National Catholic Register , May 7, 2018, accessed May 8, 2018.
  4. ^ "Il Papa non può ammettere l'intercomunione". In: La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana , May 7, 2018, accessed May 8, 2018 (Italian).
  5. ↑ "Paus Franciscus had heroes hero moeten gain over intercommunie". In: rkdocumenten.nl , May 5, 2018, accessed May 8, 2018 (Dutch).
  6. ↑ “The Pope's answer is completely incomprehensible”. In: Kath.net , May 8, 2018, accessed on the same day.
  7. ^ Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per il Clero. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 6, 2008, accessed December 21, 2014 (Italian).
  8. ^ Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri e degli Organismi della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 21, 2012, accessed December 21, 2014 (Italian).
  9. ↑ nouns di Membri e nella conferme Congregation for the Clergy. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 9, 2014, accessed June 10, 2014 (Italian).
  10. ^ Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 17, 2009, accessed December 21, 2014 (Italian).
  11. ^ Conferme e Nomine nel Pontificio Consiglio per i Laici. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 6, 2014, accessed December 21, 2014 (Italian).
  12. ^ Nomina di Membri Ordinari della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 13, 2017, accessed June 13, 2017 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Bernard Möller Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden
1999-2008 		Gerard de Korte
Adrianus Johannes Cardinal Simonis Archbishop of Utrecht
since 2008 		---
personal data
SURNAME Eijk, Willem Jacobus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eijk, Wim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Duivendrecht , Netherlands