Josef Frings

Archbishop and cardinal from Germany · Germany · Religious Figures · Lived 1887 to 1978 · aged 91

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Josef Richard Frings, 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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Memorial tablet for Frings at the parish church of Cologne-Fühlingen

Cardinal Frings memorial in Neuss, Germany

Awards

Honorary Citizen of Cologne1967

Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1951

Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Honorary Citizen of Bad Honnef

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Country

Germany

Religious Figures from Germany 6

Stefan Heße50.2 Rimbert50.0

Emmeram of Regensburg50.3

Stephan Burger49.8

Gotthard of Hildesheim50.3

Karl-Josef Rauber49.6

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