Lorenz Jaeger (23 September 1892 – 1 April 1975) was a German
cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
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, who served as
Archbishop of Paderborn
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Biography
Lorenz Jaeger was born in
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Places Germany
* Halle (Saale), also called Halle an der Saale, a city in Saxony-Anhalt
** Halle (region), a former administrative region in Saxony-Anhalt
** Bezirk Halle, a former administrative division of East Germany
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, and studied at the
Academy of Paderborn
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pastoral
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work in Paderborn until 1926. He taught at ''Studenrat Herne'' in Westphalia (1926–1933) and at ''Hindenburg Realgymnasium'' in
Dortmund
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(1933–1939). During World War II, he served as a military chaplain from 1939 to 1941.
On 10 August 1941, Jaeger was appointed
Archbishop of Paderborn
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Joseph Machens
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and
Augustus Baumann
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serving as
co-consecrators
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San Leone I
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History
The church was built by the architect Giuseppe Zander between 1950 and 1952.
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'' in the consistory of 22 February 1965. Jäger later sat on the commission of cardinals instructed to examine the Dutch Catechism for theological orthodoxy. Upon reaching the age of 80 on 23 September 1972, he lost the right to participate in any future
papal conclave
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s, an opportunity which he never received. The Cardinal resigned as Paderborn's archbishop on 30 June 1973, after thirty-one years of service.
A dedicated ecumenist, Jäger founded the
Johann Adam Möhler Ecumenical Institute
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