Hans van den Hende
Male, Person
1964 –
Who is Hans van den Hende?
Johannes Hermannes Jozefus van den Hende is a Dutch Roman Catholic clergyman. He has been bishop of the diocese of Breda since October 31, 2007.
Van den Hende attended the local secondary school in Haren. He studied philosophy and theology at the Catholic University of Utrecht. At the Gregorianum in Rome he obtained a doctorate of Canon Law with a dissertation that focused of the changing role of episcopal conferences since the Second Vatican Council. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1991.
From 2000 Van den Hende served as vicar general for the diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden. In 2007 pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of Breda. He is the youngest member of the Dutch episcopal conference.
On 10 May 2011, pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of Rotterdam.
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