Josef Richard Frings | |
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Cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne | |
![]() Cardinal Joseph Frings in 1959. | |
Church | Roman Catholic |
Archdiocese | Cologne |
Province | Cologne |
Diocese | Cologne |
Installed | 21 June 1942 |
Term ended | 10 February 1969 |
Predecessor | Karl Joseph Schulte |
Successor | Joseph Cardinal Höffner |
Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina |
Orders | |
Ordination | 10 August 1910 by Anton Hubert Fischer |
Consecration | 21 June 1942 by Cesare Orsenigo |
Created cardinal | 18 February 1946 by Pius XII |
Personal details | |
Born | Josef Richard Frings 6 February 1887 |
Died | 17 December 1978 Cologne, West Germany | (aged 91)
Buried | Cologne Cathedral |
Nationality | German |
Denomination | Catholic |
Motto | Pro Hominibus Constitutus (Appointed for men) |
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Josef Richard Frings (6 February 1887 – 17 December 1978), was a German clergyman and 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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