Godfried Maria Jules Danneels was a Belgian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and the chairman of the episcopal conference of his native country from 1979 to 2010. He was elevated... Wikipedia
Born: June 4, 1933, Kanegem, Tielt, Belgium
Died: March 14, 2019 (age 85 years), Mechelen, Belgium
Buried: March 22, 2019, Saint Rumbold's Cathedral, Mechelen, Belgium
Full name: Godfried Maria Jules Danneels
Education: Catholic University of Leuven and Pontifical Gregorian University
Created cardinal: 2 February 1983; by Pope John Paul II