Lodewijk Kirkgarde

Lodewijk Kirkgarde (5 June 1850 - 9 September 1935) was a Brunanter prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Grijzestad and a cardinal.

Biography
Born in Sint-Willemstad, Kirkgarde was educated at the diocesan seminary in Donderstad and the Pontifical Brunanter College in Rome, Italy, receiving a doctorate in theology. He was ordained a priest in 1876. After working in several parishes across southern Brunant and doing pastoral work, Kirkgarde returned to the Pontifical College in Rome, where he subsequently became a faculty member and later rector from 1899-1905. Then, he moved to Donderstad where he became a secretary to the bishop and the Episcopal Conference.

In 1906, he was appointed Bishop of Donderstad, but in 1915, he was transferred to Grijzestad, where he became Archbishop of Grijzestad and primate of Brunant. A very influential figure in Brunanter politics and society, he was rector of the Grijzestad University from 1918-1926.

In 1929, Pope Pius XI made him a cardinal-bishop. He did not participate in any papal conclave. After twenty years of serving as archbishop, Kirkgarde died in 1935. He was buried in the Grijzestad Cathedral.