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Native name
  
Hans van den Hende

Nationality
  
Dutch

Consecration
  
November 25, 2006

Installed
  
2 July 2011

Ordination
  
April 6, 1991


Province
  
Utrecht

Predecessor
  
Church
  
Roman Catholic

Name
  
Hans den

Appointed
  
May 10, 2011

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Birth name
  
Johannes Hermannes Jozefus van den Hende

Born
  
January 9, 1964 (age 60) Groningen (
1964-01-09
)

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Johannes Hermannes Jozefus (Hans) van den Hende (Groningen, January 9, 1964) is a Dutch Roman Catholic clergyman. He was appointed bishop of the diocese of Breda on October 31, 2007. On 10 May 2011, pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of the diocese of Rotterdam.

Van den Hende attended the local secondary school in Haren. He studied philosophy and theology at the Catholic University of Utrecht. At the Gregorianum in Rome he obtained a doctorate of Canon Law with a dissertation that focused of the changing role of episcopal conferences since the Second Vatican Council. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1991.

From 2000 Van den Hende served as vicar general for the diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden. In 2007 pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of Breda. He is the youngest member of the Dutch episcopal conference.

References

Hans van den Hende Wikipedia


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