Johann Bernhard von Westerholt

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Johann Bernhard von Westerholt (* around 1600 ; † June 26, 1664 ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and canon in Münster and Hildesheim .

Life

Origin and family

Johann Bernhard von Westerholt came from the Westphalian noble family von Westerholt and was the son of Bernhard von Westerholt zu Lembeck and his wife Sybilla von Altenbochum. His brother Bernhard († 1609) was canon in Münster and provost of St. Mauritz in Münster , Matthias Herr zu Lembeck.

Act

With the receipt of the tonsure on February 1, 1619, he was prepared for a spiritual life. The electoral commission on the Dompräbende the canon Rotger of Asbeck he put on 3 August 1619 took the sinecures on September 2 in possession. He was emancipated on August 29, 1622 with the revolt to the Westerholt, Lembeck, Altenbochum, Recke, Kule, Wittorp, Bicken and Knyphausen families. Initially suspended, the request for study leave in Italy came on July 29, 1628. Apparently he completed his studies here, because on May 21, 1634 Johann Bernhard was ordained a subdeacon . On December 8, 1638 he also became canon in Hildesheim . Johann Bernhard received the order from Elector Ferdinand to look after the children of Bernhard von Westerholt zu Hackfort (general sergeant), who was shot on November 18, 1638 in the chaos of war in Vechta . On June 11, 1653 he opted for the archdeaconate Billerbeck after the death of Canon Rembert Ketteler.

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  • The diocese of Münster 4.2. ( Germania Sacra NF 17.2) The Cathedral Monastery of St. Paulus in Münster , edited by Wilhelm Kohl, published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York, ISBN 978- 3-11-008508-2 , Germania Sacra NF 17.2 Biographies of the Canons, page 19ff. Digitized.

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SURNAME Westerholt, Johann Bernhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canon in Münster and Hildesheim
DATE OF BIRTH around 1600
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1664