Born Netherlands, 4 September 1909; Priest, 1934; Prof. of Philosophy, Warmond, 1940; Director, 1945; President, St Willibrord Association, 1946; Secretary, Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, 1960; Titular Bishop of Mauriana, 1964; Cardinal, 1969; President, Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, 1969-89; Archbishop of Utrecht and Primate of Holland, 1975-–83.

Documents

• The Ecumenical Significance of the Visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Holy Father
  1967
• ARCJPC 2 ~ Why is Anglican/Roman Catholic Dialogue Possible Today?
  Gazzada, Italy, 9 Jan. 1967
• ARCJPC 11 ~ To what extent can or should there be Diversity in a United Church? – Freedom and Authority
  Huntercombe Manor, Buckinghamshire, 30 Aug. 1967
• Cardinal Willebrands’ Address in Cambridge, England
  18 Jan. 1970
• Prospects for Anglican-Roman Catholic Relations
  4 Oct. 1972
• GS Misc 53 ~ The Archbishop of Canterbury’s correspondence with leaders of other Churches on the Ordination of Women
  26 July 1976
• ARCIC-II 48-1 ~ Cardinal Willebrands’ letter to ARCIC-II on the ordination of women to the priesthood
  13 July 1985
• CTS-Do574 ~ Anglican Orders: A New Context
  1986
• ARCIC-II 47-4 ~ Cardinal Willebrands’ reply to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s letter on ordination to the priesthood
  17 June 1986
• ARCIC-II 69 ~ Vatican II’s Ecclesiology of Communion
  28 May 1987
• ARCIC-II SF/1004 ~ Correspondence regarding the CDF’s ‘Observations on Salvation and the Church’
  1988