Wim Eijk
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His Eminence Willem Jacobus Eijk |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht Primate of the Netherlands |
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Then-Archbishop Eijk in May 2007
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| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Utrecht |
| Appointed | 11 December 2007 |
| Installed | 26 January 2008 |
| Predecessor | Adrianus Johannes Simonis |
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President of the Bishops' Conference of the Netherlands Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto |
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| Ordination | 1 June 1985 by Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen |
| Consecration | 6 November 1999 by Adrianus Johannes Simonis |
| Created Cardinal | 18 February 2012 by Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Willem Jacobus Eijk |
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22 June 1953 Duivendrecht, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Previous post | Roman Catholic Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden |
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Styles of Wim Eijk |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Adrianus Johannes Simonis (Utrecht) |
| Date of consecration | 6 November 1999 |
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Bishops consecrated by Wim Eijk as principal consecrator
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| Herman Woorts | 13 February 2010 |
| Ted Hoogenboom | 13 February 2010 |
Willem Jacobus "Wim" Eijk (born 22 June 1953) is a Dutch cardinal of the Catholic Church. On 11 December 2007 Pope Benedict XVI appointed Eijk the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht and, on 26 January 2008 Eijk was installed in the St. Catharine's Cathedral in Utrecht. He is the 70th successor of Saint Willibrord (658–739) on the See of Utrecht. He was formerly Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden. On 18 February 2012, Pope Benedict XVI made him a cardinal.
Willem Jacobus Eijk was born on 22 June 1953 in Duivendrecht, North Holland, Netherlands.
Eijk studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam and received his degree in 1978. After an intensive deliberation with then Bishop Simonis, he started at the seminary of Rolduc in Kerkrade to become a priest. From 1979 he combined his theological formation with the study of medical ethics at Leiden University.
He was ordained to priesthood in 1985 and was incardinated in the Diocese of Roermond. Then he went to work as a curate in the parish of St. Anthony of Padua in Venlo Blerick.
In 1987 he completed a PhD degree in medicine, with a dissertation about euthanasia.
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