Johann Sternenberg

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Johann Sternenberg , also: Sterneberg , called (from) Düsseldorf (* 1589 in Kalkar ; † September 7, 1662 in Kleve ) was a Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Münster .

Life

Johann Sternberg converted in 1613 to Catholicism and was on March 19, 1616 to Priests of the Diocese of Cologne ordained . In the same year he became dean of the Rees collegiate monastery and in 1629 archdeacon and provost of the St. Viktor collegiate monastery in Xanten . On October 7, 1647 he was appointed auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Münster and titular bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia . In 1652 he resigned from the office of auxiliary bishop.

Ordinations

literature

  • Peter Opladen: Johann Sternenberg called Düsseldorf, Dean of Rees, Provost of Xanten, Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, died 1662. A contribution to the religious movement on the Lower Rhine at the time of the Counter Reformation . In: Annals of the historical association for the Lower Rhine in particular the old Archdiocese of Cologne . Issue 157. L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1955.
  • Manfred Becker-Huberti : The dismissal of the Münster auxiliary bishop Dr. theol. Johannes Sternenberg called Düsseldorf in 1653 . In: Ecclesia Monasteriensis . Münster 1992, p. 71-99 .
  • Wilhelm Kohl : The diocese of Münster . Part 7: The Diocese. 4th volume. de Gruyter, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-11-018010-3 , p. 58-62 ( Germania sacra ; NF, 37).
  • Michael F. Feldkamp : Sternenberg called Düsseldorf, Johann , in: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1648 to 1803. A biographical lexicon. Edited by Erwin Gatz with the assistance of Stephan M. Janker, Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1990. ISBN 3-428-06763-0 . P. 489.

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SURNAME Sternenberg, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sterneberg, called Johann von Düsseldorf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Münster
DATE OF BIRTH 1589
PLACE OF BIRTH Kalkar
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1662
Place of death Kleve