Joris Vercammen

The Most Reverend
Joris Vercammen
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
Church Old Catholic Church
Archdiocese Utrecht
In office 2000 to present
Predecessor Antonius Jan Glazemaker
Orders
Ordination 1979 (priest)
Consecration 1 July 2000
Personal details
Birth name Joris August Odilius Ludovicus Vercammen
Born (1952-10-14) 14 October 1952

Joris August Odilius Ludovicus Vercammen (born 14 October 1952) is the current Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands.[1]

Life and career

Vercammen was born in Lier, Belgium, in 1952. In 1979, he was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antwerp. In 1988, he left the Roman Catholic Church and joined the Old Catholic Diocese of Utrecht.

Vercammen was serving as director of the Old Catholic seminary when clergy and laity of the archdiocese elected him as the 83rd Archbishop of Utrecht. He was consecrated on 1 July 2000 at St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht,[2] once the see of Willibrord and his successors, but in the hands of the Dutch Reformed Church since 1580.

In 2006, the ninth Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Porto Alegre made Vercammen a member of its central committee.[3]

Vercammen is married and has three children.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Antonius Jan Glazemaker
1982-2000		 Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
2000-present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ http://www.utrechter-union.org/pagina/139/member_churches
  2. ↑ http://www.okkn.nl/pagina/50/wijding_aartsbisschop_in_de_dom_ (in Dutch)
  3. ↑ Official Report of the WCC 9th Assembly, Appendix IV (p. 437)


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