Joannes Gijsen

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name = H.E. Msgr. Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen

religion = Roman Catholic Church
See = Diocese of Reykjavík
Title = Bishop emeritus of Reykjavík
Period = May 24 1996 - October 30 2007
Predecessor = H.E. Msgr. Alfred J. Jolson S.J.
Successor = H.E. Msgr. Pierre Bürcher
date of birth = Birth date and age|1932|10|7|mf=y
place of birth = Oeffelt, the Netherlands|

H.E. Msgr. Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen (born on October 7, 1932 in Oeffelt (the Netherlands)) is a Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Bishop emeritus of Diocese of Reykjavík (Iceland).

On October 30, 2007 the Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Diocese of Reykjavík, presented by H.E. Msgr. Joannes Gijsen, in accordance with canon [http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P1E.HTM 401 § 1] of the Code of Canon Law. [Cf. [http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/21029.php?index=21029&po_date=30.10.2007&lang=it#RINUNCIA%20DEL%20VESCOVO%20DI%20REYKJAVIK%20(ISLANDA)%20E%20NOMINA%20DEL%20SUCCESSORE Holy See Press Office, "Daily Bulletin of 30.10.2007, Rinunce e nomine, Rinuncia del Vescovo di Reykjavik (Islanda) e nomina del successore"] it icon]

Footnotes

ee also

*Bishop of Reykjavík
*Diocese of Reykjavík
*Christ the King Cathedral, Reykjavík (Iceland)
*Roman Catholicism in Iceland
*Religion in Iceland

External links

* [http://www.vortex.is/catholica/endex.html Roman Catholic Diocese of Reykjavík] en icon is icon