Josef Frings


Josef Richard Frings
Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne
Cardinal Joseph Frings in 1959.
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseCologne
ProvinceCologne
DioceseCologne
Installed21 June 1942
Term ended10 February 1969
PredecessorKarl Joseph Schulte
SuccessorJoseph Cardinal Höffner
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Orders
Ordination10 August 1910
by Anton Hubert Fischer
Consecration21 June 1942
by Cesare Orsenigo
Created cardinal18 February 1946
by Pius XII
Personal details
Born(1887-02-06)6 February 1887
Died17 December 1978(1978-12-17) (aged 91)
Cologne, West Germany
BuriedCologne Cathedral
NationalityGerman
DenominationCatholic
MottoPro Hominibus Constitutus
(Appointed for men)
Coat of armsJosef Richard Frings's coat of arms

Josef Richard Frings (6 February 1887 – 17 December 1978), 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.


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