RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Josef Frings

1887 - 1978

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Frings is the 1,758th most popular religious figure (up from 2,111th in 2019), the 2,600th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,536th in 2019) and the 64th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Josef Frings ranks 1,758 out of 3,187. Before him are Epaphras, Emil Krebs, Alexander of Bergamo, Willibald, Soga no Umako, and Antonio Caggiano. After him are Leo Joseph Suenens, Felix of Nola, Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Saint Homobonus, Judoc, and Andrey Sheptytsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Josef Frings ranks 105. Before him are Mario Roatta, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, Georg Heym, Lil Dagover, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, and Samuil Marshak. After him are Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Alvin Hansen, Walter Ruttmann, Louise Arner Boyd, Norman L. Bowen, and Amadeo de Souza Cardoso. Among people deceased in 1978, Josef Frings ranks 92. Before him are Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia, Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, John Lyng, Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, and Diana Budisavljević. After him are Jacques Brugnon, Edmundo Suárez, Gunnar Nilsson, Tom Wilson, Emilio Portes Gil, and Ángel Bossio.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Josef Frings ranks 2,601 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717), Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1622), Hermann Levi (1839), Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (1593), August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), and Otto von Lossow (1868). After him are Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615), Hans Delbrück (1848), Jan Tschichold (1902), Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883), Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (1390), and Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Josef Frings ranks 64. Before him are Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703), Honoratus (365), Anna Schäffer (1882), Adalbert of Hamburg (1000), Peter Schöffer (1420), and Ludwig Müller (1883). After him are Poppo von Osterna (1200), Adolf Bertram (1859), Herman I of Baden (1040), Ignaz von Döllinger (1799), Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich (960), and Maximilian Henry of Bavaria (1621).

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