Joseph Höffner [SEP] position held
Joseph Höffner
Joseph Höffner (24 December 1906 – 16 October 1987) was a German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Cologne from 1969 to 1987 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.
The Archdiocese of Cologne – in a 2007 statement – has indicated their intention to soon open the cause of beatification for the late cardinal.
Biography.
Born in Horhausen, Höffner attended the seminary in Freiburg im Breisgau and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome before being ordained to the
(6 Apr 1870 Appointed – 13 Apr 1889 Died)
- † (15 Aug 1889 Appointed – 6 Mar 1911 Died)
- Felix von Hartmann † (6 Jun 1911 Appointed – 29 Oct 1912 Appointed, Archbishop of Cologne)
- † (7 May 1913 Appointed – 5 Jan 1933 Died)
- Bl. Clemens Augustus II von Galen † (5 Sep 1933 Appointed – 22 Mar 1946 Died)
- † (19 Jul 1947 Appointed – 7 Nov 1961 Died)
- Joseph Höffner †