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20th and 21st-century Dutch Catholic bishop

Johannes (Jan) Wilhelmus Maria Liesen (born in Oosterhout, North Brabant, Netherlands on 17 September ) is a Dutch clergyman and bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, being appointed on November 26, , by Pope Benedict XVI to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Breda.

Youth and education

Johannes Liesen grew up on a farm in Oosterhout, Netherlands. After graduating from St. Oelbertgymnasium in Oosterhout (), Liesen studied from to at the major seminary in Rolduc abbey, Kerkrade. He claimed to have hesitated between a career in mathematics and seminary.

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For fellow, he was a source of information for all of their computer problems. After the diaconate, Liesen worked in the parish Saint John the Baptist in Eygelshoven.

Priest and further education

On June 16, , Liesen was ordained by Bishop of Roermond diocese, Joannes Gijsen, and he was appointed as chaplain in Eygelshoven.

Shortly thereafter Liesen re