Adrianus Johannes Simonis

ADRIANUS JOHANNES SIMONIS

Born : November 26, 1931
Deceased :

Bishop of Rotterdam, 1970-1983
Archbishop of Utrecht, 1983-2007
Cardinal : 1985

Bishop of Rotterdam	Archbishop of Utrecht
Cardinal

Origin/meaning

The saltire is taken as a symbol of the interest of the Archbishop for the Eastern liturgy. The bread-basket and fish refer to the Eucharist.

The base shows an ope book with the letters A and Ω, symbol for the studies of the Archbishop in Rome.

The motto is taken from John 17:3.

Literature:

---

Religious or Ecclesiastical heraldry portal

This page is part of the Ecclesiastical heraldry portal

Heraldry of the World

Ecclesiastical heraldry per country Catholic heraldry Roman Catholic Arms of Popes Cardinals (2,170) Archdioceses (664) Archbishops (3,708) Dioceses (2,525) Bishops (11,154) Nunciatures (210) and more Armenian Catholic Chaldean Catholic Coptic Catholic Ethiopian Catholic Hungarian Catholic Greek Catholic Maronite Catholic Ruthenian Catholic Syriac Catholic Syro-Malabar Catholic Syro-Malankara Catholic Liberal Catholic Old Catholic Free Catholic

Centre for Ecclesiastical Heraldry : We will help you designing your coat of arms Other Christian churches Anglican Churches Lutheran Churches Orthodox Churches Reformed Churches Unitarianism Other religions Judaism Total pages in the Ecclesiastical section : 20,618 Total images in the Ecclesiastical section : 19,490