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{{Short description|Catholic bishop}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = His Excellency
| name = Adrianus van Luyn,
| honorific-suffix = [[S.D.B.]]
| title = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rotterdam|Bishop Emeritus of Rotterdam]]
| image = Nederlandse_bisschop.JPG
| imagesize = 200px
| alt = Bishop Ad van Luyn speaking to children who are about to have their Confirmation
| caption = Bishop Ad van Luyn 4 June 2010
| church = [[Catholic Church]]
| archdiocese =
| province = [[Netherlands]]
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| diocese = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rotterdam|Rotterdam]]
| see =
| enthroned = 12 February 1994
| ended = 14 January 2011
| predecessor = [[Ronald Philippe Bär]]
| opposed =
| successor = [[Hans van den Hende|Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende]]
| ordination = 9 February 1964
| consecration = 12 February 1994
| cardinal =
| rank = [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|Bishop]]
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| birth_name = Adrianus Herman van Luyn
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| birth_place = [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]], [[Netherlands]]
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| nationality = Dutch
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'''Adrianus Herman (Ad) van Luyn''', [[Salesians of Don Bosco|SDB]], (born 10 August 1935) is a Dutch prelate of the [[Catholic Church]]. He was the Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rotterdam|Rotterdam]] from 1994 to 2011 and President of the [[Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community]] from 2006 to 2011.
==Early life and ordination==
Van Luyn was born in [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]] and attended the [[seminary]] of the Salesians in [[Ugchelen]]. He made his [[religious vows]] in 1954. He studied [[theology]] at the [[Salesian Pontifical University]] in [[Turin]]. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1964 by [[Giuseppe Beltrami]], [[nuncio|apostolic nuncio]] to the Netherlands.
He was [[provincial superior]] of the Salesians in the Netherlands from 1975 to 1981. He taught for a time at the Salesians' school attached to the Don Rua monastery in [['s-Heerenberg]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Child sex abuse: Catholic church leader admits he knew | publisher = RNW}}</ref>
==Bishop==
[[Pope John Paul II]] named him Bishop of Rotterdam on 27 November 1993 and he was installed in 12 February 1994.
From 2008 to 2011 he was President of the Dutch [[Episcopal Conference]]. His motto is ''Collabora Evangelio''.
From 2000 to 2006 he was Vice-President and from 2006 to 2011 he was President of the [[Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community]]. In that role in October 2009 he welcomed the Irish vote ratifying the [[Treaty of Lisbon]]. He said that the treaty would improve communication between the institutions of the European Community (EC) and that the specific assurances given to Ireland would help protect "the right to life, the protection of family and the right of parents to educate their children" throughout the EC.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://zenit.org/articles/bishops-lisbon-treaty-to-secure-right-to-life/ | work = Zenit |title=Commission praises outcome of Ireland vote|date=5 October 2009 |accessdate=22 August 2017}}</ref>
[[Pope Benedict XVI]] accepted his resignation on 14 January 2011.<ref>{{cite news | accessdate = 22 August 2017 | date = 14 January 2011| publisher=Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/01/14/0024/00063.html | language = it | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 14.01.2011}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.bisdomrotterdam.nl/algemeen/bisschop/Pages/Kennismaking.aspx Biography (in Dutch)]
*[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/rott1.htm#10190 Diocese of Rotterdam]
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