Johannes de Jong

Cardinal Jan de Jong ( born September 10, 1885 in Nes, The Netherlands, † September 8, 1955 in Amersfoort, Netherlands) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht.

Life

Jan de Jong studied in Rome, the subjects Catholic theology and philosophy and received on August 15, 1908, the sacrament of Holy Orders. After further studies, he worked from 1912 to 1914 as a pastor in the Netherlands. From 1914 to 1935 he taught at the Seminary of Rijsenburg, he served as rector from 1931 to 1935.

1935 Jan de Jong was appointed Titular Archbishop of Rhusium and coadjutor in the Archdiocese of Utrecht. He received his episcopal consecration on 12 September 1935, the Bishop of Breda, Pieter Adriaan Willem Hopmans.

In 1936 he became Archbishop of Utrecht. During the occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World War, organized Archbishop de Jong of the church resistance. On 26 July 1942, he published a pastoral letter against the actions of the Germans against the Jews. After 244 former Jews who converted to Catholicism, including Edith and Rosa Stein were arrested on 2 August 1942 by the Gestapo and taken to the Westerbork transit camp.

Pope Pius XII. took him in 1946 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Clemente in the College of Cardinals to. Jan de Jong died on September 8, 1955 in Amersfoort and was buried in the cemetery " Sint Barbara" in Utrecht.