Adrianus Johannes Cardinal Simonis was born in Lisse on November 26, 1931, in the diocese of Rotterdam, Holland. He was ordained on June 15, 1957. Lisse (population: 22,061 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ... Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), located in the province of South Holland. ... This article is about the region in the Netherlands. ... This article is about the sacrament. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He studied Biblical Exegesis in Rome between 1959 and 1966, and was named Bishop of Rotterdam on December 29, 1970. He devoted himself to promoting harmony and unity in his community and became Archbishop of Utrecht on December 3, 1983. A former president of the Dutch Bishops' Conference, Simonis was a major supporter of the Holy Father's trip to Holland in 1985. Location within Italy The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article is about musical harmony. ... Unity is oneness. ... The Bishopric of Utrecht was one of the ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire, and included not only the present day Dutch province of Utrecht, but also the provinces of Groningen, Drenthe, and Overijssel. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was elevated to the College of Cardinals during the Consistory of May 25, 1985, making him the seventh cardinal of the Dutch Church. He is a member of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, and of the Congregation for Catholic Education. The Sacred College of Cardinals is the body of all Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. ... A consistory is a formal meeting of the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Congregation for Catholic Education is a dicastery of the Roman curia responsible for: (1) seminaries (except those regulated by the Congregations for the Evangelization of Peoples and for Oriental Churches) and houses of formation of religious and secular institutes; (2) universities, faculties, institutes and higher schools of study, either...

Johannes Cardinal Willebrands (born 4 September 1909) is resident emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity. ... The Bishopric of Utrecht was one of the ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire, and included not only the present day Dutch province of Utrecht, but also the provinces of Groningen, Drenthe, and Overijssel. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...