- Johannes de Jong
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cardinal name=Johannes Cardinal de Jong
dipstyle=His Eminence
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See=Utrecht |Johannes Cardinal de Jong (
September 10 ,1885 —September 8 ,1955 ) was a Dutchprelate of theRoman Catholic Church . He served asArchbishop of Utrecht from 1936 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 byPope Pius XII .Biography
Johannes de Jong was born in Nes, a village on the island of
Ameland , as the eldest of seven children of Jan de Jong, abaker , and his wife Trijntje Mosterman. After attending theminor seminary inCulemborg from 1898 to 1904, de Jong then studied at theSeminary ofRijsenburg for four years. He was ordained to the priesthood onAugust 15 ,1908 , and further studied at thePontifical Gregorian University and the Angelicum inRome , obtaining hisdoctorate s in philosophy and theology. De Jong did pastoral work inAmersfoort , including work with theSisters of Mercy , until 1914, when he was made aprofessor at the Rijsenburg seminary onNovember 6 . Becoming the seminary'srector onAugust 14 ,1931 , he was named acathedral canon of Utrecht in 1933.On
August 3 ,1935 , de Jong was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Utrecht and Titular Archbishop of "Rhusium". He received his episcopal consecration on the followingSeptember 12 from Bishop Pieter Hopmans, with Bishops Arnold Diepen and Johannes Smit serving as co-consecrators, inSt. Catherine's Cathedral . De Jong succeeded Johannes Jansen asArchbishop of Utrecht and thus Primate of theNetherlands .During the
Second World War , he was one of the major leaders against the Nazi occupation of Netherlands. De Jong was created Cardinal Priest of "S. Clemente" byPope Pius XII in theconsistory ofFebruary 18 ,1946 , but could not travel toRome for the ceremony as he was recovering from acar accident [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,792623-2,00.html On the Roads to Rome]February 18 ,1946 ] . However, onOctober 12 of that same year, the Dutch prelate went toCastel Gandolfo to personally receive his red hat from Pope Pius. In 1951, de Jong, who was the first Dutch cardinal since theProtestant Reformation , left the administration of the archdiocese to his coadjutor, Bernardus Alfrink. Meanwhile, de Jong retired to the same house where he had lived during his early priestly ministry in Amersfoort.De Jong died in his sleep after a long illness in
Amersfoort , at age 70 [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,865249,00.html Milestones]September 19 ,1955 ] . He is buried at St. Barbara cemetery in the court of St. Catherine's Cathedral.References
External links
* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-j.htm#Jong Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdejongj.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
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