RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Joseph Höffner

1906 - 1987

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Joseph Höffner (24 December 1906 – 16 October 1987) was a German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Cologne from 1969 to 1987 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Höffner is the 2,535th most popular religious figure (down from 2,511th in 2019), the 4,110th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,333rd in 2019) and the 107th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Joseph Höffner ranks 2,535 out of 3,187Before her are Caspar Olevian, John X of Constantinople, Utba ibn Ghazwan, Theudas, Friedrich Gustav Piffl, and Sisinnius II of Constantinople. After her are Caterina Volpicelli, Jaime Sin, Justin Welby, Abundius, Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni, and Junia Tertia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Joseph Höffner ranks 240Before her are Olga Taussky-Todd, Albert Charles Smith, Aileen Riggin, Alexandre Trauner, Bart Bok, and Frank H. Netter. After her are Óscar Domínguez, Lou Costello, Alexander Rou, Boris Kaufman, Steve Anderson, and Georges Ronsse. Among people deceased in 1987, Joseph Höffner ranks 150Before her are Antonio Sastre, Arne Borg, Richard Marquand, Woody Herman, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, and Oscar Casanovas. After her are Giovanni Arpino, Madeleine Carroll, Conny Plank, Paul Janes, Ralph Nelson, and John Mikaelsson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Höffner ranks 4,112 out of 7,253Before her are Carl Sternheim (1878), Albert Bassermann (1867), Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch (1714), Georg Marcgrave (1610), Gerhard von Schwerin (1899), and Theodor Loos (1883). After her are Maximilian Harden (1861), Leopold II, Prince of Lippe (1796), Joachim Hansen (1930), Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931), Heinz Strehl (1938), and Otto Lehmann (1855).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Joseph Höffner ranks 107Before her are Melchior Hoffman (1495), Georg von Kopp (1837), Franz Ehrle (1845), Antje Jackelén (1955), Rupert Mayer (1876), and Caspar Olevian (1536). After her are Carl Tanzler (1877), Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (1682), Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811), Franz Delitzsch (1813), Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer (1801), and Nicolaus von Amsdorf (1483).