Everard de Jong

Everardus Johannes (Everard) de Jong (July 4, 1958) is a Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is auxiliary bishop of Roermond since 1999.

Born in Eindhoven de Jong is the oldest of six children. From 1970 until 1973 he studied at the lower technical school (LTS) at the Piuslane, specialising in metalwork, and from 1973 until 1976 he studied at the catholic middle technical school (MTS) at the Egelstraat in Eindhoven, specialising in electronics. In 1976 he went to the seminary Rolduc, the school for priests of the diocese of Roermond. He was ordained a Deacon on September 18, 1982 and was appointed to the parish of Saint Gertrudis in Maasbracht. He was ordained a priest on May 28, 1983, and worked as a chaplan for another year. In 1984 bisschop Joannes Gijsen send him to Rome to study philosophy at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, where he received his licentiate in 1986. He then went to The Catholic University of America in Washington DC, where he studied with Prof. William Wallace, and in 1989, was promoted to doctor in philosophy on the thesis Galileo Galilei's Logical treatises and Giacomo Zabarella's Opera logica. A Comparison.

After his return to the Netherlands, De Jong taught philosophy at the seminary Rolduc and became responsible for youth, calling and evangelisation within the diocese. In 1994, bishop Wiertz made him chaplain of the Basilica of Saint Servatius in Maastricht, retaining his other functions. In 1995, he became priests for the students of Maastricht, and on December 11, 1998, he was made vicar-general of the diocese of Roermond. The next day, Pope John Paul II appointed him as auxiliary bishop of Roermond and titular bishop of Cariana. On April 4, 1999, he became a canon of the chapter of the cathedral of Roermond.