Hermann Jürgens Explained

Type:archbishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Hermann Jürgens
Honorific Suffix:SJ
Archbishop of Bombay
Native Name:Hermann Jürgens
Native Name Lang:German
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Bombay[1]
Elected:28 May 1907
Predecessor:Theodore Dalhoff
Successor:Alban Goodier
Ordination:1884
Consecration:14 July 1907
Consecrated By:Brice Meuleman
Rank:Bishop
Birth Name:Hermann Jürgens
Birth Date:8 December 1847
Birth Place:Münster, Kingdom of Prussia
Death Date:[2]
Death Place:Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Nationality:German
Religion:Roman Catholic
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Hermann Jürgens
Dipstyle:The Right Reverend
Offstyle:Your Grace

Hermann Jürgens was a prelate of the Catholic Church. He was born on 8 December 1846 in Münster, in the province of Westphalia (Kingdom of Prussia) and died on 20 September 1916 in Bombay (India).

He was a German Jesuit priest, missionary in India and archbishop of Bombay from 1907 until his death in 1916.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archbishop Hermann Jürgens (Juergens) [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. Book: Aravind Ganachari. Indians in the First World War: The Missing Links. 9 December 2019. SAGE Publishing India. 978-93-5328-928-7. 207.
  3. Web site: Former Archbishops - Archdiocese of Bombay. ArchdioceseOfBombay.
  4. Book: Edward Madigan. The Clergy in Khaki: New Perspectives on British Army Chaplaincy in the First World War. 23 March 2016. Routledge. 978-1-317-03799-6. 152.