The long view – John Wijngaards 1935-2025

20 February 2025, The Tablet

John Wijngaards: ‘resignation was unavoidable’

photo: MIRIAM DUIGNAN

“All my life I have been a conscientious and orthodox Catholic,” he added. “And I intend to remain so until I die.”

Wijngaards, who died on 2 January, had lived in Britain since 1982 when he and Jackie founded the Housetop centre in London.

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