Cardinal Godfried Danneels

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Cardinal Godfried Danneels was a prominent Belgian Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and was a leading figure in the Church in Belgium and Europe.

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instanceOf Belgian person
Catholic cardinal
Roman Catholic archbishop
human
academicDegree Doctorate in Theology
appointedBy Pope John Paul II
awardReceived Grand Cordon
surface form: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
burialPlace Cathedral of St. Rumbold, Mechelen
countryOfCitizenship Belgium
dateOfBirth 1933-06-04
dateOfDeath 2019-03-14
educatedAt Catholic University of Leuven NERFINISHED
Pontifical Biblical Institute
Pontifical Gregorian University
endTime 1979-12-21
2010-01-18
familyName Danneels
givenName Godfried
languageSpoken Dutch
French
Latin
memberOf College of Cardinals
Dicastery for Bishops
surface form: Congregation for Bishops

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
surface form: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Dicastery for Culture and Education
surface form: Pontifical Council for Culture
notableIdea advocacy of collegiality in the Catholic Church
promotion of liturgical reform
notableWork Catechism of the Catholic Church
surface form: Catechism of the Catholic Church (contributor)
occupation theologian
university teacher
participatedIn Second Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (1985)
surface form: 1985 Extraordinary Synod of Bishops

1990 Synod of Bishops on the Formation of Priests
1994 Synod of Bishops on Consecrated Life
Synod of Bishops
surface form: 2001 Synod of Bishops on the Bishop

2005 papal conclave
surface form: 2005 Papal conclave

2013 Papal conclave
placeOfBirth Belgium
Kanegem NERFINISHED
West Flanders NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Belgium
Mechelen NERFINISHED
positionHeld Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
Bishop of Antwerp
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
Primate of Belgium
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
sexOrGender male
startTime 1977-12-18
1979-12-21

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Prince Gabriel of Belgium baptisedBy Cardinal Godfried Danneels