Joannes Gijsen

Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen was a Dutch bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. After being Bishop (emeritus) of Roermond, Limburg, the Netherlands, he became Bishop (emeritus) of the Diocese of Reykjavík (Iceland). His episcopal motto was Parate viam Domini.

7 October 1932

Born on the same birth day (7 October): Ben Younger • Bram van Vlerken • Břetislav Pojar • Dan Savage • Desmond Tutu • Diane Ackerman • Jake McLaughlin • Mathias Dyngeland • R. D. Laing • Raimond Valgre • Roger de Piles • Sergey Vyazmitinov

Born in the same month (October 1932): Dick Garmaker • Dick Gregory • Enrico Di Giuseppe • Felicia Farr • Harry Smith (footballer, born 1932) • Jaan Rääts • Jerzy Pawłowski • John Grant (British politician) • Johnny Lytle • Louis Malle • Neal Ascherson • Ned Jarrett • Paul Anderson (weightlifter) • Pál Csernai • Ray Reardon • Robert Mundell • Robert Reed • Rokurō Naya • Rosey Brown • Stephen Covey • Vasily Belov • Vitold Fokin • Vytautas Landsbergis • William Christopher