Joris Vercammen facts for kids

Quick facts for kids The Most Reverend Joris Vercammen
Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
Church	Old Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church (formerly)
Archdiocese	Utrecht
In Office	2000 to 2020
Predecessor	Antonius Jan Glazemaker
Successor	Bernd Wallet
Orders
Ordination	1979 (priest)
Consecration	1 July 2000
Personal details
Birth name	Joris August Odilius Ludovicus Vercammen
Born	(1952-10-14) 14 October 1952 (age 72)

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.

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 was received into the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands.

Vercammen was serving as rector 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, 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. 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.