Duncan Wielzen

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Ex Officio Trustee

Duncan Wielzen is the current URI Europe Chairperson. Mr. Wielzen is employed as a pastoral worker in the R.C. diocese Rotterdam (Netherlands). He has MA degrees in Theology, Religious Studies (Intercultural Ministry), and Educational Studies. He also has a Ph.D. in Theology from Catholic University Leuven (Belgium). Mr. Wielzen works at the intersection of pastoral ministry and religious education. He is the chief editor of Interfaith Education for All: Theoretical Perspectives and Best Practices for Transformative Action (2017), prefaced by the Rev. Victor Kazanjian, URI’s Executive Director. Next to chairing the URI Europe Board, Mr. Wielzen is also a member of two URI CCs in the Netherlands. His involvement is at both the interfaith grassroots level and the international academic level.