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Godfried Danneels

Belgian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1933-2019)

Details

Instance of: human
Born: 4 June 1933
Died: 14 March 2019
Place of birth: Kanegem
Place of death: Mechelen
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Godfried
Family name: Danneels
Field of work: theology, Christian Church
Occupation: theologian, university teacher, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Position held: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, cardinal, Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Belgium, Roman Catholic Bishop of Antwerp
Citizenship: Belgium
Native language: Dutch
Religion: Catholic Church
consecrator: Leo Joseph Suenens, Émile-Joseph De Smedt, Jules Daem, Jean Huard, Guillaume Marie van Zuylen
date of burial or cremation: 22 March 2019
educated at: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Pontifical Gregorian University
languages spoken, written or signed: Dutch, English
member of: European Academy of Sciences and Arts
motto text: Apparuit humanitas Dei Nostri
name in native language: Godfried Danneels
participant in: 2013 conclave, 2005 conclave
place of burial: St. Rumbold's Cathedral