Adrianus Johannes Cardinal Simonis †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands

Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Nov 1931		Born
22 Sep 1956	24.8	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Rotterdam, Netherlands
15 Jun 1957	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rotterdam, Netherlands
29 Dec 1970	39.0	Appointed	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands
20 Mar 1971	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands
27 Jun 1983	51.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
3 Dec 1983	52.0	Succeeded	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
25 May 1985	53.4	Elevated to Cardinal
25 May 1985	53.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
14 Apr 2007	75.3	Retired	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
2 Sep 2020	88.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands

MicroData Summary for Adrianus Johannes Simonis
(VIAF: 49269574; WikiData: Q168440)
Adrianus Johannes Cardinal Simonis (born 26 Nov 1931, died 2 Sep 2020) Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht

Consistory - 1985: Created Cardinal
Ad Limina - March 2004: Bishop
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Lisse, Diocese of Rotterdam
Ordained Deacon Major Seminary, Chapel, Warmond
Ordained Priest Saint Laurentius aan de Westzeedijk, Cathedral, Rotterdam, Diocese of Rotterdam
Ordained Bishop Saint Laurentius aan de Westzeedijk, Cathedral, Rotterdam, Diocese of Rotterdam
Death Place Hospice, Sassenheim

a priest for 63.2 years
a bishop for 49.4 years
a cardinal for 35.2 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Johannes Petrus Huibers †
Bishop of Haarlem
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Martien Antoon Jansen †
Bishop of Rotterdam
Principal Consecrator:
Bernardus Johannes Cardinal Alfrink †
Archbishop of Utrecht
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pieter Jan Antoon Moors †
Titular Bishop of Traiectum ad Mosam
Bishop Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) †
Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bernardus Johannes Cardinal Alfrink † (1951)
Archbishop of Utrecht
Archbishop Paolo Giobbe † (1925)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Gerard Johannes Nicolaus de Korte (1987)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Gerard Johannes Nicolaus de Korte (1987)
Bishop Herman Willebrordus Woorts (1992)
Bishop Theodorus Cornelis Maria Hoogenboom (1999)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. (1982)
Bishop Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz (1993)
Bishop Adrianus Herman van Luyn, S.D.B. (1994)
Willem Jacobus Cardinal Eijk (1999)
Bishop Gerard Johannes Nicolaus de Korte (2001)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Hendrik Joseph Alois Bomers, C.M. † (1978)
Bishop Alphonsus Maria Henricus Antonius Castermans † (1982)
Bishop Jozef Marianus Punt (1995)
Bishop Everardus Johannes de Jong (1999)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lisse, Diocese of Rotterdam
Ordained Deacon	Major Seminary, Chapel, Warmond
Ordained Priest	Saint Laurentius aan de Westzeedijk, Cathedral, Rotterdam, Diocese of Rotterdam
Ordained Bishop	Saint Laurentius aan de Westzeedijk, Cathedral, Rotterdam, Diocese of Rotterdam
Death Place	Hospice, Sassenheim

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 14 Apr 2007
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 108
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 671
d: CB, 2 Sep 2020
d.loc: CB, 5 Sep 2020
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 245, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)

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