# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werner-thissen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:47:06.118Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werner-thissen"
name: "Werner Thissen"
slug: "werner-thissen"
description: "Werner Thissen was a German prelate of the Catholic Church. He was auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Münster from 1999 to 2002, serving the Borken-Steinfurt region. He then served as Archbishop of Hamburg until 2014 when he resigned and became Archbishop Emeritus."
tagline: "German Roman Catholic prelate (1938–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Werner_Thissen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1938-12-03"
deathDate: "2025-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.208748
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "فيرنر تيسين"
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    title: "Werner Thissen"
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    title: "Werner Thissen"
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    title: "Werner Thissen"
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    title: "Werner Thissen"
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    title: "Werner Thissen"
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  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernherius_Thissen"
    title: "Wernherius Thissen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Werner Thissen"
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    title: "Werner Thissen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump