Josef Frings
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 (aged 91) Cologne, West Germany |
| 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.