Albert Stohr (13 November 1890 – 3 June 1961) was

Bishop of Mainz The Diocese of Mainz, historically known in English as ''Mentz'' as well as by its French name ''Mayence'', is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It was founded in 304, promoted in 780 to Metrop ...

from 17 July 1935 until his death. Stohr was born in Friedberg, Germany. He entered the seminary in

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...

in 1909 and was ordained as a priest on 19 October 1913 in

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.Albert Stohr
at catholic-hierarchy.org After the death of Bishop Ludwig Maria Hugo, he was elected bishop by the

cathedral chapter According to both Catholic and Anglican canon law, a cathedral chapter is a college of clerics ( chapter) formed to advise a bishop and, in the case of a vacancy of the episcopal see in some countries, to govern the diocese during the vacancy. In ...

on 10 June 1935 and confirmed by

Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...

on 17 July 1935. He was consecrated by Archbishop

Conrad Gröber Conrad Gröber (1 April 1872 in Meßkirch – 14 February 1948 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a Catholic priest and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Freiburg. Life Youth and education Gröber was born in Meßkirch in 1872, to Alois and Marti ...

on 24 August 1935. His time in office was dominated by

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

and the subsequent reconstruction efforts. He died in

Seligenstadt Seligenstadt is a town in the Offenbach (district), Offenbach district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt (region), Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Seligenstadt is one of Germany's oldest towns and was already of great importance in Carolingian ...

. Amid 1941 Catholic protests over Nazi euthanasia led by Bishop

Clemens August Graf von Galen Clemens Augustinus Emmanuel Joseph Pius Anthonius Hubertus Marie Graf von Galen (16 March 1878 – 22 March 1946), better known as ''Clemens August Graf von Galen'', was a German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal of the Catholic Churc ...

, Stohr sermonized against the taking of life.Richard J. Evans; The Third Reich at War; Penguin Press; New York 2009, p.98 Wappen Bischof Albert Stohr

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* Bishops of Mainz (1802-present) Roman Catholics in the German Resistance 20th-century German Roman Catholic bishops 1890 births 1961 deaths Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany People from Friedberg, Hesse 20th-century German Roman Catholic priests {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub