Godfried Danneels
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His Eminence Godfried Danneels |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussels | |
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| Archdiocese | Mechelen-Brussels |
| Province | Mechelen-Brussels |
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| Appointed | 19 December 1979 |
| Term ended | 18 January 2010 |
| Predecessor | Leo Jozef Suenens |
| Successor | André-Joseph Léonard |
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| Ordination | 17 August 1957 by Emiel-Jozef De Smedt |
| Consecration | 18 December 1977 by Leo Jozef Suenens |
| Created Cardinal | 2 February 1983 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Godfried Maria Jules Danneels |
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4 June 1933 Kanegem, Tielt |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | Theologian |
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| Alma mater | Catholic University of Leuven |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Mechelen-Brussels |
Godfried Maria Jules Danneels (born 4 June 1933) is a Belgian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and the chairman of the episcopal conference of his native country from 1979 to 2010. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. His resignation at the age of 75 was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 January 2010.
Born in Kanegem, Tielt, West Flanders, he was the eldest of six siblings. Danneels entered the Grand Seminary of Bruges to become a priest. He was ordained on 17 August 1957 by Emiel-Jozef De Smedt, Bishop of Brugge.
He studied Thomistic philosophy at the Higher Institute of Philosophy in Leuven and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. After obtaining his doctorate in theology, he taught at the Bruges seminary and at the Catholic University of Leuven.
As a scholar, he carried out a study of the liturgy, and wrote articles for the Dictionary of the Liturgy. Danneels was actively involved in writing Sacrosanctum Concilium, a document which initiated the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council.
On 4 November 1977, Danneels was named Bishop of Antwerp by Pope Paul VI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 18 December from Cardinal Leo Joseph Suenens. Danneels was promoted to the Archbishopric of Mechelen-Brussel on 19 December 1979 and thus the Primate of Belgium and the Bishop of the nation's Catholic military ordinariate.
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