Background
Vercammen was born in Lier, Belgium, in 1952.
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Vercammen was born in Lier, Belgium, in 1952.
In 1979, he was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antwerp. He was principal of the Old Catholic seminary when clergy and laity of the archdiocese elected him as the 83rd Archbishop of Utrecht. Vercammen is married and has three children.