Joris Vercammen

Joris August Odilius Ludovicus Vercammen (born 14 October 1952) served as the Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands from 1 July 2000 to 11 January 2020.[1]


Joris Vercammen
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
ChurchOld Catholic Church
ArchdioceseUtrecht
In office2000 to 2020
PredecessorAntonius Jan Glazemaker
SuccessorBernd Wallet
Orders
Ordination1979 (priest)
Consecration1 July 2000
Personal details
Birth nameJoris August Odilius Ludovicus Vercammen
Born (1952-10-14) 14 October 1952

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]

On 19 September 2019, Vercammen announced that he would resign as Archbishop of Utrecht effective 11 January 2020.

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
Bernd Wallet

References


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