Adrianus Herman (Ad) van Luyn,
SDB, (born 10 August 1935) is a Dutch prelate of the
Catholic Church
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. He was the Bishop of
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
from 1994 to 2011 and President of the
from 2006 to 2011.
Early life and ordination
Van Luyn was born in
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
and attended the
seminary
A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, ...
of the Salesians in
Ugchelen
Ugchelen is part of the municipality of Apeldoorn in the Gelderland province of the Netherlands, and is today seen as a neighbourhood of Apeldoorn.
Ugchelen is located South West of Apeldoorn and has about 7000 inhabitants. Like Apeldoorn, the ol ...
. He made his
religious vows
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In the Buddhism tradition, in particular within the Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition, many different kinds of re ...
in 1954. He studied
theology
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at the
Salesian Pontifical University
The Salesian Pontifical University (; ) is a pontifical university in Italy run by the Salesians of Don Bosco. It has three campuses, one in Rome, one in Turin, and one in Jerusalem. The Salesian Pontifical University is an ordinary member of th ...
in
Turin
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. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1964 by
Giuseppe Beltrami
Giuseppe Beltrami (17 January 1889 – 13 December 1973) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as internuncio to the Netherlands from 1959 to 1967, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967.
Biography
Born in Fos ...
,
apostolic nuncio
An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international org ...
to the Netherlands.
He was
provincial superior of the Salesians in the Netherlands from 1975 to 1981. He taught for a time at the Salesians' school attached to the Don Rua monastery in
's-Heerenberg.
Bishop
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
named him Bishop of Rotterdam on 27 November 1993 and he was installed in 12 February 1994.
From 2008 to 2011 he was President of the Dutch
Episcopal Conference
An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to ...
. His motto is ''Collabora Evangelio''.
From 2000 to 2006 he was Vice-President and from 2006 to 2011 he was President of the
. In that role in October 2009 he welcomed the Irish vote ratifying the
Treaty of Lisbon
The Treaty of Lisbon (initially known as the Reform Treaty) is an international agreement that amends the two treaties which form the constitutional basis of the European Union (EU). The Treaty of Lisbon, which was signed by the EU member sta ...
. He said that the treaty would improve communication between the institutions of the European Community (EC) and that the specific assurances given to Ireland would help protect "the right to life, the protection of family and the right of parents to educate their children" throughout the EC.
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...
accepted his resignation on 14 January 2011.
References
External links
Biography (in Dutch)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Luyn, Ad Van
1935 births
Living people
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Netherlands
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Netherlands
People from Groningen (city)
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rotterdam
Members of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Salesian bishops