Ad van Luyn
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His Excellency Adrianus van Luyn, | |
|---|---|
| Bishop Emeritus of Rotterdam | |
 Bishop Ad van Luyn 4 June 2010 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Province | Netherlands |
| Diocese | Rotterdam |
| Installed | 12 February 1994 |
| Term ended | 14 January 2011 |
| Predecessor | Ronald Philippe Bär |
| Successor | Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 9 February 1964 |
| Consecration | 12 February 1994 |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Adrianus Herman van Luyn 10 August 1935 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
Adrianus Herman (Ad) van Luyn, SDB, (born 10 August 1935) is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Bishop of Rotterdam from 1994 to 2011 and President of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community from 2006 to 2011.
Van Luyn was born in 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, 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.[1]
