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Joseph Cardijn

20th century Belgian cardinal, founder of the Young Christian Workers (1882–1967)
Person Human Q469580

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[27]
Date of birth
November 13, 1882, November 18, 1882[7]
Date of death
July 25, 1967
Place of birth
Schaerbeek
Place of death
Leuven
Country of citizenship
Belgium[9]
Occupation
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Position held
cardinal, titular archbishop[11][12]
Educated at
Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968), Grand Seminary Mechelen[13][14]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[26]
Award received
honorary doctorate at the Laval University, Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa, Commander of the Order of Leopold, Knight of the Legion of Honour, honorary doctor of the University of Santiago, Chile, honorary doctor of the University of Sherbrooke, honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal, honorary doctorate, honorary doctor of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain, honorary doctorate[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Notable work
Young Christian Workers[15]
Cause of death
kidney failure[29]
Student of
Simon Deploige, Victor Brants[34][35]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[37]
Archives at
KADOC Documentatie- en Onderzoekscentrum voor religie, cultuur en samenleving[28]
Consecrator
Leo Joseph Suenens, Charles-Marie Himmer, Émile-Joseph De Smedt[38][39][40]
Family name
Cardijn[30]
Given name
Joseph, Leo, Marie[31][32][33]
Manner of death
natural causes[36]
Native language
French[10]
Place of burial
Church of Our Lady of Laeken[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Joseph Cardijn en Joseph Leo Cardijn en Jozef Cardijn cs Jozef Leo Cardijn de Jozef Cardijn de Joseph Leon Kardinal Cardijn de Cardijn es Jozef Cardijn fi Joseph Cardijn fi Jozef Leo Cardijn fr Cardijn fr J. Cardijn fr Joseph Cardjin fr Jozef Cardijn id Jozef Cardijn id Joseph Leo Cardijn it J. Cardijn it Joseph Cardijn it Joseph-Léon Cardijn it Jozef Cardijn
🔖 Identifiers · 58
ISNI
0000000066295439
VIAF cluster ID
19790809
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50058797
GND ID
118519069
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Joseph Cardijn Colored.jpg ↗
ADVN ID
per-001747
BAnQ authority ID
0000012877
BHCL UUID
bbf78993-7a1d-443f-8193-91b5f4b4483d
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
125416481
Biographie nationale de Belgique ID
joseph-cardijn
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
cardijn-joseph
CONOR.SI ID
46649443
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Catholic Hierarchy person ID
cardijn
DDB person (GND) ID
118519069
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118519069
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations
52246
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
95028
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Joseph-Cardijn
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
joseph-cardijn
FAST ID
18543
Find a Grave memorial ID
5386
Freebase ID
/m/02x5wxq
GCatholic person ID
400
GeneaStar person ID
cardijnjose
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
joseph-cardijn
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0014901
IdRef ID
034688145
IxTheo authority ID
079321178, 1245245066
KBR person ID
14104826
Libraries Australia ID
36459694
Munzinger person ID
00000011113
NLA Trove people ID
1258068
NUKAT ID
n2006075069
National Library of Portugal ID
27704
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1187181, XX5254585
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069601755
Nobel Prize People Nomination ID
14067
ODIS ID
PS_8083
Open Library ID
OL151071A, OL5517599A, OL6217877A, OL2220612A
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID
1681023
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095549372
PUG authority ID
91170
Parsifal cluster ID
53117, 294349
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
358021
Pontifical Urbaniana University ID
181207
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
134582
Prabook ID
2248534
RERO ID (legacy)
A008857422
Resistance in Belgium ID
1794
SBN author ID
CUBV121870, SBLV230795
SNAC ARK ID
w60k422x
Teresianum authority ID
28597
The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church ID
1965:Cardijn
Treccani ID
joseph-cardijn
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/12386
WikiTree person ID
Cardyn-4
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxhkB4xmFydpBwmjMFqcP
Yale LUX ID
person/36b35ea8-e2c6-4376-8545-3fe6cd24d558

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🔗 Connections
Award received 9
honorary doctorate, Knight of the Legion of Honour, honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal, Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa, honorary doctorate at the Laval University, Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain, honorary doctor of the University of Sherbrooke, honorary doctor of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro +1 more
Consecrator 3
Leo Joseph Suenens, Émile-Joseph De Smedt, Charles-Marie Himmer
Given name 3
Joseph, Leo, Marie
Occupation 2
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
Student of 2
Victor Brants, Simon Deploige
Cause of death 1
kidney failure
Country of citizenship 1
Belgium
Educated at 1
Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)
Founded entities 1
Young Christian Workers
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Native language 1
French
Notable work 1
Young Christian Workers
Place of birth 1
Schaerbeek
Place of burial 1
Church of Our Lady of Laeken
Place of death 1
Leuven
Position held 1
cardinal
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Resistance in Belgium ID 1
1794
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Joseph Cardijn was born on November 13, 1882[1], in Schaerbeek[2]. He died on July 25, 1967[3], in Leuven[4]. He worked as a Catholic priest[5] and Catholic bishop[6].

FAQs

Where was Joseph Cardijn born?

Joseph Cardijn was born in Schaerbeek[2].

Where did Joseph Cardijn die?

Joseph Cardijn died in Leuven[4].

What did Joseph Cardijn do for work?

Joseph Cardijn worked as a Catholic priest[5] and Catholic bishop[6].

Where did Joseph Cardijn go to school?

Joseph Cardijn was educated at Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)[13] and Grand Seminary Mechelen[14].

What awards did Joseph Cardijn receive?

Honors received include honorary doctorate at the Laval University[16], Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa[17], Commander of the Order of Leopold[18], and Knight of the Legion of Honour[19].

Related Entities

Belgium

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [26] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . ulaval.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [28] ↑ . archiefbank.be. archiefbank.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [7] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . webdept.fiu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [3] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Bargioni · 2026-11-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → CUBV121870, SBLV230795
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  2. 4w ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 18w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pontifical Urbaniana University ID → 181207
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  4. 22w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 53117, 294349
    "Created claim: Parsifal cluster ID: 294349, batch #259387"
  5. 27w ago · Antoine Rex · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image of grave → Tombeau de Joseph Cardijn (1882–1967) 4.jpg
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