Frans Wiertz
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His Excellency Franciscus J. M. Wiertz |
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| Native name | Frans |
| Province | Utrecht |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Roermond |
| Appointed | 10 July 1993 |
| Predecessor | Joannes Gijsen |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | March 30, 1968 by Petrus Moors |
| Consecration | September 25, 1993 by Adrianus Johannes Cardinal Simonis |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz |
| Born |
December 2, 1942 Kerkrade, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | Geef, Heer, liefde en geloof aan uw Kerk English: Give, Lord, love and faith to your Church |
| Coat of arms |  |
Franciscus Jozef Maria (Frans) Wiertz (December 2, 1942) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is bishop of Roermond since 1993.
Born in Kerkrade as the oldest in a family of nine, Wiertz studied at the Minor seminary Rolduc, from where he graduated in 1961, having passed his state examinations. He studied history for a year at the Radboud University Nijmegen, before starting his studies to become a priest in 1962 in Kerkrade and Heerlen. He studied at the seminary in Roermond starting in 1964. He was ordained deacon on September 23, 1967, and ordained to the priesthood on March 30, 1968, by Petrus Moors, bishop of Roermond. He worked as a chaplain at the saints Peter and Paul parish in Schaesberg, before being asked to build a church and to start a new parish for the new neighbourhood De Heeg in Maastricht in 1977; the saints Monulph and Gondulph parish. In 1981 he was installed there as priest, which he would remain until 1985, when he became dean of the deanery of Hoensbroek and priest of the saint John the Evangelist parish in Hoensbroek. In 1991 he became dean of the deanery of Heerlen, succeeding Jos Punt, the later bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, and also became priest of the saint Pancras parish in Heerlen. In that same year he was also named a canon of the Roermond chapter, of which he became chairman in 1992. In 1993 bishop Joannes Gijsen of Roermond stepped down due to declining health.
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