Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen
Archbishop of Utrecht
Primate of the Netherlands
Church:Roman Catholic
Archdiocese:Utrecht
Appointed:11 April 1930
Term:1930–1936
Term End:6 February 1936
Predecessor:Henricus van de Wetering
Successor:Johannes de Jong
Other Post:Titular Archbishop of Selymbria
Ordination:15 August 1893
Consecration:5 June 1930
Consecrated By:Lorenzo Schioppa
Rank:Metropolitan Archbishop
Birth Date:9 May 1868
Birth Place:Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Death Place:Utrecht, Netherlands
Buried:St Catherine's Cathedral, Utrecht
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Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen (9 May 1868 – 6 February 1936) was a former Archbishop of Utrecht and Roman Catholic Primate of the Netherlands. He was born in Leeuwarden, in the Dutch province of Friesland.[1]

On 11 April 1930 he was named Archbishop of Utrecht and then consecrated by Lorenzo Schioppa, the Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands, at the time. On 6 February 1936 died in Utrecht and was buried in the metropolitan cathedral.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bjans.html "Archbishop Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen"