Johann Hüsgen

Johann Hüsgen (born September 22, 1769 in Giesenkirchen , † April 23, 1841 in Cologne ) was Vicar General of the Archbishop of Cologne from 1825 to 1841 .

Hüsgen studied at the University of Bonn from 1787 to 1790 and received his doctorate. theol. et phil. In 1792 he was ordained a priest and was initially school vicar in Giesenkirchen and from 1798 pastor in Oberdollendorf. Later as pastor to Himmelgeist and then to Richterich, he was a school councilor in Aachen from 1816 .

The Archbishop of Cologne , Ferdinand August von Spiegel , appointed Hüsgen as cathedral dean in the new Cologne cathedral chapter in 1825 and appointed him vicar general. After the archbishop's death (1835), elected vicar of the cathedral chapter and thus administrator of the archdiocese, the new archbishop Clemens August Droste zu Vischering reinstated him as vicar general, which he now held until his death.

His grave is in the crypt of the Cologne Cathedral Chapter on the Melatenfriedhof .

literature

Hermann Hüffer : Hüsgen, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, pp. 453-456.
Norbert Trippen: Hüsgen, Johann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 745 f. ( Digitized version ).

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SURNAME	Hüsgen, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Catholic priest and vicar general
DATE OF BIRTH	September 22, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH	Giesenkirchen
DATE OF DEATH	April 23, 1841
Place of death	Cologne

Johann Hüsgen

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