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Adrianus Johannes Simonis (born 26 November 1931) is a Dutch Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1983 to 2007, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. ==Biography== Simonis was born in Lisse, South Holland, the eldest of eleven children. He studied at the Seminary of Hageveld from 1945 to 1951, and at the Major Seminary of Warmond from 1951 to 1957. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Martien Jansen on 15 June 1957, and then did pastoral work in the Diocese of Rotterdam until 1959, serving as curate at the parish of Saint Victor in Waddinxveen and later at the parish Holy Martyrs Gorinchem in Rotterdam. From 1959 to 1966, he furthered his studies in Rome at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) and the Pontifical Biblical Institute, from where he obtained a doctorate ''cum laude'' in biblical exegesis with a thesis entitled: ''"Jesus as the Good Shepherd in the Gospel of Saint John"''. Following his return to the Netherlands, he served as pastor of the parish of Blessed Sacrament in The Hague (1966–1970) and chaplain in the Red Cross Hospital. He became a canon of the cathedral chapter of Rotterdam in March 1969. He was named Bishop of Rotterdam on 29 December 1970. The appointment of a conservative priest as a bishop in the then progressive Catholic Church in the Netherlands caused a lot of turmoil, and Simonis had to devote himself to promoting harmony and unity in his community. Simonis became Archbishop of Utrecht on 3 December 1983. A former president of the Dutch Bishops' Conference, Simonis was a major supporter of Pope John Paul II's eventful visit to the Netherlands in 1985. He was elevated to the College of Cardinals during the Consistory of 25 May 1985, as Cardinal-Priest of ''Basilica of San Clemente'', making him the seventh cardinal of the Dutch Church. He is a member of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, and of the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. He held these memberships until his 80th birthday on 26 November 2011. Cardinal Simonis was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal Simonis sent his letter of resignation as Archbishop of Utrecht to Pope Benedict on 13 November 2006, and the Pope accepted it on 14 April 2007, two months before Simonis celebrated his golden jubilee as a priest on 15 June. Simonis continued to govern the archdiocese as Apostolic Administrator until his successor, Wim Eijk, who was appointed on 11 December of the same year, took possession of the see. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adrianus Johannes Simonis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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