Josef Frings
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 46 years ago |
Date of birth | February 6,1887 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Neuss |
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Date of died | December 17,1978 |
Died | Cologne |
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Place of burial | Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany |
Successor | Joseph Höffner |
Predecessor | Karl Joseph Schulte |
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ID | 494708 |
Josef Frings Life story
Josef Richard Frings, was a German Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Cologne from 1942 to 1969. Considered a significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism, he was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.