Johannes Ymminck, O.S.A. (died 14 April 1493) was a

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prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (1469–1493) and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (1472–1484).

Biography

Johannes Ymminck was ordained a priest in the

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. On 10 July 1469, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn and

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of ''Tiflis''. On 24 February 1470, he was consecrated bishop by Nikolaus von Tüngen,

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, with Antonio, Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, and Giacomo, Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, serving as co-consecrators.''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi: II (1431-1503)'' (Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae Regensbergianae, 1914). Vol. 2, p. 249''Le Petit Episcopologe'', Issue 118, Number 10,507 In 1472, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus IV as Auxiliary Bishop of Münster. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Münster until his resignation in 1484 and as the Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn until his death on 14 April 1493.

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