Adrianus Johannes Simonis
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His Eminence Adrianus Johannes Simonis |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht | |
Simonis in 1971
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| Church | Basilica di San Clemente |
| See | Utrecht |
| Installed | 3 December 1983 |
| Term ended | 14 April 2007 |
| Predecessor | Johannes Willebrands |
| Successor | Wim Eijk |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente |
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| Ordination | 15 June 1957 by Martien Antoon Jansen |
| Consecration | 20 March 1971 by Bernardus Johannes Alfrink |
| Created Cardinal | 25 May 1985 by John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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26 November 1931 Lisse, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | UT COGNOSCANT TE (So that they may know you) |
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| Ordination history of Adrianus Johannes Simonis | |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (Utrecht) |
| Date of consecration | 20 March 1971 |
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Bishops consecrated by Adrianus Johannes Simonis as principal consecrator
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| Philippe Bär | 20 March 1982 |
| Frans Wiertz | 25 September 1993 |
| Ad van Luyn | 12 February 1994 |
| Wim Eijk | 6 November 1999 |
| Gerard de Korte | 2 June 2001 |
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Styles of Adrianus Johannes Simonis |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Adrianus Johannes Simonis (born 26 November 1931) is a Dutch Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1983 to 2007, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.
Simonis was born in Lisse, South Holland, the second eldest of eleven children. He studied at the Seminary of Hageveld from 1945 to 1951, and at the Major Seminary of Warmond from 1951 to 1957. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Martien Jansen on 15 June 1957, and then did pastoral work in the Diocese of Rotterdam until 1959, serving as curate at the parish of Saint Victor in Waddinxveen and later at the parish Holy Martyrs Gorinchem in Rotterdam.
From 1959 to 1966, he furthered his studies in Rome at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) and the Pontifical Biblical Institute, from where he obtained a doctorate cum laude in biblical exegesis with a thesis entitled: "Jesus as the Good Shepherd in the Gospel of Saint John". Following his return to the Netherlands, he served as pastor of the parish of Blessed Sacrament in The Hague (1966–1970) and chaplain in the Red Cross Hospital. He became a canon of the cathedral chapter of Rotterdam in March 1969.
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