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Johannes de Jong
1885Sep, 10

Johannes de Jong

Johannes de Jong, Dutch cardinal (d. 1955)
Johannes de Jong (September 10, 1885 – September 8, 1955) was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1936 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.

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