CURRICULUM VITAE WILLEM JACOBUS CARDINAL EIJK
Born in Duivendrecht on June 22, 1953
Has taken the degree of MD om May 31, 1978
Ordained as a deacon on September 15, 1984
Ordained as a priest on June 1, 1985
Ordained as a bishop on November 6, 1999
Archbishop of Utrecht since January 26, 2008
Created and proclaimed Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI on February 18, 2012, on the Title of San Calisto (St. Callistus)
Referent for medical-ethical questions on behalf of the Dutch Bishops’ Conference (since 1999)
Referent for the sector of vocations and studies for ecclesiastical offices on behalf of the Dutch Bishops’ Conference (since 2001)
Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Bioethics of the Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum in Rome (since 2001)
Ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy for Life (appointed 2004) and member of the directive board of the Pontifical Academy for Life (2005-2010). On January 1, 2017, after the modification of the Academy’s statutes, appointed as ordinary member of this Academy for a period of five years
Member of the Congregation of the Clergy (2008-2017)
Member of the Pontifical Council for Culture (2008-2012)
Member of the Congregation for Catholic Education (since 2012)
Member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (2014-2017)
Member of the editorial board of the Dutch edition of the international magazine on theology Communio
Doctorates: PhD of Medicine (Leiden) and Philosophy (Rome)
Licentiates: Philosophy and Theology (Rome)