Johannes Willebrands

His Eminence Johannes Willebrands
Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht Primate Emeritus of the Netherlands
The cardinal seen in 1982.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Utrecht
Province	Utrecht
See	Utrecht
Appointed	6 December 1975
Installed	21 January 1976
Term ended	3 December 1983
Predecessor	Bernardus Johannes Alfrink
Successor	Adrianus Johannes Simonis
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe (1975-2006)
Orders
Ordination	26 May 1934
Consecration	4 June 1964 by Pope Paul VI
Created cardinal	28 April 1969 by Pope Paul VI
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon (1969-75) Cardinal-Priest (1975-2006)
Personal details
Born	Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands (1909-09-04)4 September 1909 Bovenkarspel, Netherlands
Died	1 August 2006(2006-08-01) (aged 96) Saint Nicolaasstichting, Denekamp, Netherlands
Parents	Herman Petrus Willebrands Afra Kok
Previous post(s)	Secretary of the Secretariat for Christian Unity (1960-69) Titular Bishop of Mauriana (1964-69) President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (1969-89) Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (1969-75) Military Vicar of the Netherlands (1975-82) President of the Dutch Episcopal Conference (1976-83) Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1988-95)
Alma mater	Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Motto	Veritatem in caritate
Coat of arms

Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands (4 September 1909 in Bovenkarspel, North Holland – 1 August 2006)^[1] was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity from 1969 to 1989, and Archbishop of Utrecht from 1975 to 1983. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1969, Willebrands was central to the increased ecumenism of the Church in the second half of the 20th century, and was considered papabile at the two conclaves held in 1978.