Native name Everard Name Everard Jong Nationality Dutch Ordination May 28, 1983 | Denomination Roman Catholic Consecration February 6, 1999 Coat of arms | |
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Birth name Everardus Johannes de Jong Born July 4, 1958 (age 65)
Eindhoven, Netherlands ( 1958-07-04 ) Motto Ut vitam abundantius habeant | ||
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Everardus Johannes (Everard) de Jong (July 4, 1958) is a Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is auxiliary bishop of Roermond since 1993.
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- vocationcom presents Inspired by the Lives of the Saints
- Early life and education
- Church career
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Early life and education
Born in Eindhoven de Jong is the oldest of six children. From 1970 until 1973 he studied at the lower technical school (LTS) at the Piuslane, specialising in metalwork, and from 1973 until 1976 he studied at the catholic middle technical school (MTS) at the Egelstraat in Eindhoven, specialising in electronics. In 1976 he went to the seminary Rolduc, the school for priests of the diocese of Roermond. He was ordained a Deacon on September 18, 1982 and was appointed to the parish of Saint Gertrudis in Maasbracht. He was ordained a priest on May 28, 1983 and worked as a chaplan for another year. In 1984 bisschop Joannes Gijsen send him to Rome to study philosophy at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, where he received his licentiate in 1986. He then went to The Catholic University of America in Washington DC, where he studied with prof. William Wallace, and in 1989 was promoted to doctor in philosophy on the thesis Galileo Galilei's Logical treatises and Giacomo Zabarella's Opera logica. A Comparison.
Church career
After his return to the Netherlands, De Jong taught philosophy at the seminary Rolduc and became responsible for youth, calling and evangelisation within the diocese. In 1994 bishop Wiertz made him chaplan of the Basilica of Saint Servatius in Maastricht, retaining his other functions. In 1995 he became priests for the students of Maastricht and on December 11, 1998 he was made vicar-general of the diocese of Roermond. The next day Pope John Paul II appointed him as auxiliary bishop of Roermond and titular bishop of Cariana. On April 4, 1999 he became a canon of the chapter of the cathedral of Roermond.