Johannes van Genk (born 9 Sep 1803 in

Princenhage Princenhage () is a neighbourhood in the southwest of the city Breda in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Brabant. The neighbourhood originated as a village so the neighbourhood council or village council, managed to get the neighbourhoo ...

) was a Dutch clergyman and

bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

for the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Breda The Diocese of Breda () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Breda, the Netherlands. Description Until 1801 this territory was part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antwerp, a diocese suppressed by the Concordat of 1801 (when Antw ...

. He was ordained in 1827. He was appointed in 1868. He died in 1874.

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Dutch Roman Catholic bishops 1803 births 1874 deaths {{Netherlands-RC-bishop-stub