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His Eminence '''Godfried Cardinal Danneels''' (born [[June 4]], [[1933]]) is the [[archbishop]] of [[Mechelen]]-[[Brussels]] and the chairman of the [[Belgium|Belgian]] episcopal conference.

Born in [[Kanegem]], [[West Flanders]], he entered the Grand Seminary of [[Bruges]] to become a [[priest]]. He was ordained in [[1957]]. He studied [[Thomas Aquinas|Thomistic]] philosophy at the Higher Institute for Philosophy in [[Leuven]] and [[theology]] at the [[Pontifical Gregorian University|Gregorian University]] in [[Rome]]. After obtaining his doctorate in theology, he taught at the Bruges seminary and at the [[Catholic University of Leuven]].