Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff | |
Honorific-Suffix: | O.F.M. |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
See: | Diocese of Jayapura |
Appointed: | 6 May 1972 |
Term End: | 29 August 1997 |
Predecessor: | Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. |
Ordination: | 15 March 1953 |
Consecration: | 10 September 1972 |
Consecrated By: | Justinus Darmojuwono |
Birth Date: | 1921 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Woerden, Netherlands |
Death Place: | Wijchen, Netherlands |
Nationality: | Dutch |
Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, (30 November 1921 - 7 February 2018)[1] was a Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the oldest Dutch Roman Catholic bishop.
Münninghoff was born in Woerden, Netherlands and was ordained a priest on 15 March 1953 from the Order of Friars Minor. Münninghoff was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Djajapura on 6 May 1972 and was ordained bishop on 10 September 1972 to the newly renamed Diocese of Jayapura. Münninghoff served until his retirement on 29 August 1997.[2]