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Josef Homeyer (1 August 1929 – 30 March 2010) was a German
Catholic Hierarchy: Bishop Josef Homeyer †
1929 births 2010 deaths People from Harsewinkel Roman Catholic bishops of Hildesheim People from the Province of Westphalia Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub
Josef Homeyer (1 August 1929 – 30 March 2010) was a German Bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
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of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim
The Diocese of Hildesheim (Latin: ''Dioecesis Hildesiensis'') is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. Founded in 815 as a missionary diocese by King Louis the Pious, his son Louis the German appointed the famous former archbishop of Rhei ...
, located in Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...
, from his appointment by Pope John Paul II
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on 25 August 1983 until his retirement on 20 August 2004.
Biography
He was born inHarsewinkel
Harsewinkel () is a town in Gütersloh District in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies on the river Ems, some 15 km north-west of Gütersloh.
It is the home and domicile of Europe's leading combine harvester manufacturer C ...
, Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...
, North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
, Germany
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. He died in Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...
, Germany, on 30 March 2010, at the age of 80.
One of his many activities was to set the foundation of the Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie Hannover in 1988.
In 2005 he got the Honorary citizenship
Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable or otherwise worthy of the distinction. The honour usually is symbolic and does not confer an ...
of Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...
.
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Catholic Hierarchy: Bishop Josef Homeyer †
1929 births 2010 deaths People from Harsewinkel Roman Catholic bishops of Hildesheim People from the Province of Westphalia Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub