1. Jean-Claude Hollerich was the president of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union from March 2018 to 2023.
17 Facts About Jean-Claude Hollerich
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Jean-Claude Hollerich is a member of the Council of Cardinals.
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Jean-Claude Hollerich grew up in Vianden and attended the Ecole Apostolique of Clairefontaine in Eischen and the Lycee Classique in Diekirch.
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From 1985 to 1989, Jean-Claude Hollerich studied Japanese language and culture as well as theology at Sophia University in Tokyo.
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Jean-Claude Hollerich earned a theological licentiate in 1990 from the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt am Main.
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On 18 October 2002, Jean-Claude Hollerich took his perpetual vows in St Ignatius' church in Tokyo.
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Jean-Claude Hollerich is a member of the Japanese Jesuit province and was a professor of German, French and European studies and Vice-Rector for General and Student Affairs of the Sophia University in Tokyo.
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Jean-Claude Hollerich received his episcopal consecration on 16 October 2011 in the cathedral in Luxembourg from his predecessor Fernand Franck; the co-consecrators were the Archbishop of Cologne, Joachim Cardinal Meisner and the Archbishop of Tokyo, Peter Takeo Okada.
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Jean-Claude Hollerich is the eighth Bishop and third Archbishop of Luxembourg.
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Jean-Claude Hollerich presided at the wedding of Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Countess Stephanie de Lannoy at Luxembourg's Notre-Dame Cathedral on 20 October 2012.
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Jean-Claude Hollerich has held leadership positions in a number of European associations.
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Jean-Claude Hollerich was President of the Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions from 2014 to 2018 and became President of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Europe's Commission for Youth in September 2017.
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Since 1994, Jean-Claude Hollerich has been a member of the Catholic student fraternity, AV Edo-Rhenania zu Tokio and of AV Rheinstein zu Koln im CV.
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Jean-Claude Hollerich was made a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture on 21 February 2020 and member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue on 8 July 2020.
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Jean-Claude Hollerich thought this only exacerbated current trends, because "this merely cultural Catholicism, cannot last over time".
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Jean-Claude Hollerich said he supported asking the "big questions" but hoped the anticipated German synod would recognize its obligations to the Church worldwide.
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On 7 March 2023, Jean-Claude Hollerich was appointed to the Council of Cardinal Advisors.