What is Godfried Danneels?
[[File:Bloedprocessie Mgr Danneels.JPG|right|200px]] '''Godfried Maria Jules Danneels''' (4 June 1933 – 14 March 2019) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He was the [[Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels|Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels]] and the chairman of the [[episcopal conference]] from 1979 to 2010. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. He resigned in 2008 at the age of 75 and was accepted by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] on 18 January 2010. He was born in [[Tielt|Kanegem, Tielt]], [[Kingdom of Belgium]]. Danneels died on 14 March 2019 in [[Mechelen]], [[Belgium]], aged 85.<ref>{{cite news |agency= Catholic News Agency |access-date = 14 March 2019| url = https://de.catholicnewsagency.com/story/kardinal-godfried-daneels-ist-tot-4413 | date= 14 March 2019 | language = de | title = Kardinal Godfried Danneels ist tot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | access-date = 14 March 2019 |date= 14 March 2019 | language = nl | url = https://www.kerknet.be/aartsbisdom-mechelen-brussel/artikel/kardinaal-godfried-danneels-overleden | title = Kardinaal Godfried Danneels overleden}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{cite web| access-date = 24 October 2017| title= Danneels Card. Godfried |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_danneels_g.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904062638/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_danneels_g.html }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Daneels, Godfried}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Belgian Roman Catholic priests]] [[Category:Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church]] [[Category:People from West Flanders]] [[Category:Roman Catholic archbishops]]