Bernardus Johannes Alfrink
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His Eminence Bernardus Johannes Alfrink |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht Primate of the Netherlands |
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Photo: Archepiscopal Archives Utrecht
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| Archdiocese | Utrecht |
| Installed | 31 October 1955 |
| Term ended | 6 December 1975 |
| Predecessor | Johannes de Jong |
| Successor | Johannes Willebrands |
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| Ordination | 15 August 1924 |
| Consecration | 17 July 1951 |
| Created Cardinal | 28 March 1960 |
| Rank | Cardinal Priest |
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| Born | 5 July 1900 Nijkerk, Netherlands |
| Died |
17 December 1987 (aged 87) Nieuwegein, Netherlands |
| Buried | St. Catherine's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | EVANGELIZARE DIVITIAS CHRISTI |
Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (5 July 1900, Nijkerk, Gelderland – Nieuwegein Utrecht 17 December 1987) was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1955 to 1975, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1960.
Bernardus Alfrink was born in Nijkerk, and received his first Communion in 1911. After attending at the seminary in Rijsenburg and the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, he was ordained to the priesthood on 15 August 1924 by Archbishop Henricus van de Wetering. He then completed his studies at the École Biblique in Jerusalem in 1930, and did pastoral work in Utrecht until 1933. Alfrink taught at the Seminary of Rijsenburg (1933–1945) and later the Catholic University of Nijmegen (1945–1951).
On 28 May 1951 he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Utrecht and Titular Archbishop of Tyana. Alfrink received his episcopal consecration on the following 17 July from Archbishop Paolo Giobbe, papal internuncio in The Hague, with Bishops Willem Lemmens and Jan Smit serving as co-consecrators, in St. Catherine's Cathedral.
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