Josef Frings
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 47 years ago |
| Date of birth | February 6,1887 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Neuss |
| Germany | |
| Date of died | December 17,1978 |
| Died | Cologne |
| Germany | |
| Place of burial | Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany |
| Successor | Joseph Höffner |
| Predecessor | Karl Joseph Schulte |
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| ID | 494708 |
Josef Frings Life story
Josef Richard Frings, was a German 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.