Everard de Jong

Everardus Johannes (Everard) de Jong (July 4, 1958) is a Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

In 1984 bishop 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.

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.

On June 1, 2020, Pope Francis gave him additional appointment as apostolic administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Netherlands, while continuing to serve as auxiliary bishop of Roermond.