Godefridus Yerwerd,

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Biography

Godefridus Yerwerd was ordained a priest in the

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. On 13 Feb 1471 he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Paul II Pope Paul II ( la, Paulus II; it, Paolo II; 23 February 1417 – 26 July 1471), born Pietro Barbo, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 August 1464 to his death in July 1471. When his maternal uncle Eugene IV ...

as Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück and

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Bishop of ''Tricale''. On 28 Mar 1476, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus IV as Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht until his death in Jan 1483.

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