Background
Willebrands, Johannes Gerardus Maria Cardinal was born on September 4, 1909 in Bovenkarspel, Netherlands. Son of Herman S. and Aafje (Kok) Willebrands.
Willebrands, Johannes Gerardus Maria Cardinal was born on September 4, 1909 in Bovenkarspel, Netherlands. Son of Herman S. and Aafje (Kok) Willebrands.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Rome, 1937. Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Louis University, 1968. Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Olaf College, 1976.
Doctor of Letters, College St. Thomas, St. Paul, 1979. Doctor of Letters, Assumption College, 1980. Doctor (honorary), University Notre Dame, 1970.
Doctor (honorary), Catholic University, 1974. Doctor of Theology (honorary), Catholic University, Lublin, Poland, 1985. Doctor of Theology (honorary), Theological Academy Leningrad, Russia, 1973.
Doctor of Theology (honorary), Catholic University, Louvain, Belgium, 1971. Doctor of Theology (honorary), University Oxford, England, 1987. Doctor of Theology (honorary), Catholic University Munich, 1987.
Doctor of Theology (honorary), Hellenic College, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1989. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bellarmine College, 1987. Doctor of Humane Letters, Seton Hall University, 1987.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), St. Michael's College, Toronto, Canada, 1990.
Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1934, bishop, 1964, cardinal, 1969, chaplain Amsterdam, 1937—1940. Professor, of Philosophy, Warmond 1940, Director 1945. President St. Willibrord Association 1946: organized Catholic Conference on Ecumenical Questions 1951. Secretary Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity 1960, President 1969-1989.
President Emeritus Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity since 1989. Created Bishop 1964; created Cardinal 1969. Appointed Archbishop of Utrecht 1975 (retired 1983).
Honorary D.D. (Oxford) 1987.
Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1934, bishop, 1964, cardinal, 1969, chaplain Amsterdam, 1937—1940.