Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri (b. 20 February 1804 in

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(today part of

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), d. 29 Juni 1893 in

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) was a German Roman Catholic priest, the Vicar General of the

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and the auxiliary bishop of Cologne. On 28 September 1849

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nominated him as a

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of Arethusa and auxiliary bishop of Cologne. Baudri was ordinated on 25 February 1850 in Cologne. His brother was Friedrich Baudri.

Bibliography

* Eduard Hegel: ''Das Erzbistum Köln zwischen der Restauration des 19. Jahrhunderts und der Restauration des 20. Jahrhunderts (=Geschichte des Erzbistums Köln, Vol. 5)'', Köln, 1987, p. 144 and next. * Heinrich Linn, Ultramontanismus in Köln. Domkapitular Baudri an der Seite Erzbischof Geissels während des Vormärz (= Studien zur Kölner Kirchengeschichte, Vol. 22), Siegburg 1987

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