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    Pius XII. Frings was born as the first of eight children of Heinrich, a weaving industrialist and manufacturer, and Maria (née Sels) Frings, in Neuss...
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    human rights, the activities of Bishops such as Konrad von Preysing, Joseph Frings and Clemens August Graf von Galen came to form a coherent, systematic...
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  • individual efforts. German bishops such as Konrad von Preysing and Joseph Frings were notable exceptions for the energy and consistency of their criticism...
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    subsequently honoured by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations. Frings Josef Frings became Archbishop of Cologne in 1942. In his sermons, he repeatedly...
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  • commission of a wide variety of cardinals, including Charles Journet, Joseph Frings, Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, Ermenegildo Florit, Michael Browne, and Lorenz...
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    Heinrich Thywissen, Mayor (Bürgermeister) 1851–1858: Michael Frings, Mayor 1858–1882: Johann Joseph Ridder, Mayor 1882–1889: Carl Wenders, Mayor 1890–1902:...
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    to the College of Cardinals in 1946, among them the German Bishops Joseph Frings of Cologne, Clemens von Galen of Münster and Konrad von Preysing of...
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    resistance by Catholic leaders gradually reasserted itself in the actions of Joseph Frings, Konrad von Preysing, Clemens August Graf von Galen, Conrad Gröber and...
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    after the war I shall extract retribution to the last farthing". Frings Josef Frings became Archbishop of Cologne in 1942 and his consecration was used...
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  • Bischoff in Bonn. At the time of its approbation by the archbishop Joseph Frings of Cologne in 1958 the content had 148 sisters in several locations...
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