Auxiliary Named for Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, OCT. 25, 2011 (Zenit.org).- The rector of the major seminary of the Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands, has been appointed an auxiliary bishop of that diocese.

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Monsignor Johannes Hendriks, 56, will assist Bishop Joseph Maria Punt, 65.

The Vatican announced Bishop-designate Hendriks’ appointment at the same time as the retirement of his predecessor, Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Gerardus Maria van Burgsteden, 75.

The Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam has about 474,000 Catholics in a population of 2.8 million. The faithful are served by just over 200 priests and 700 religious.

Johannes Hendriks was born in Leidschendam, Netherlands, in 1954 and ordained a priest in 1979. He obtained a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He is a consultor of the Congregation for the Clergy.

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