Johann Rotger Torck

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Johann Rotger Torck (* 1628 ; † September 5, 1686 in Münster ) was provost in Minden and vicar general and cathedral dean in Münster.

Life

Origin and family

Johann Rotger Torck came from the Westphalian noble family Torck . His father was Rotger Dietrich Torck zu Asbeck and Vorhelm, his mother Anna von Schencking zu Bevern. His sister Elisabeth was a canoness in Metelen. Anna Sophia (1636–1684, canon of Nottuln, ∞ Bernhard Wilhelm von Westerholt). His brother Steffen Dietrich (∞ von Reede) was master of Vornhelm and Asbeck. Johann Rotger was the nephew of Anna Sophia Torck , abbess at Nottuln Abbey .

Act

At the age of nine, Johann Rotger received a tonsure and was thus prepared for a spiritual life. He received the minor orders on August 15, 1645. He attended the Collegium Germanicum in Rome . In 1657 he became canon in Paderborn . His election to the cathedral provost in Minden fell in 1659. From 1674 he was cathedral dean in Münster and here from 1683 until his death in 1686 vicar general . Johann Rotger was at the same time provost of the St. Martini monastery in Münster and owned by the archdeaconate Stadtlohn and Warendorf.

Political offices

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Wilhelm Kohl , The Diocese of Münster 4.2: The Cathedral Monastery of St. Paulus in Münster Germania Sacra NF 17.1–3), Berlin / New York 1982, publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York, ISBN 978-3-11-008508-2

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personal data
SURNAME Torck, Johann Rotger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Provost of the Cathedral in Minden and Vicar General in Münster
DATE OF BIRTH 1628
DATE OF DEATH September 5, 1686
Place of death Muenster