Johann Wilhelm von Bourscheidt zu Büllesheim and Merödgen

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Johann Wilhelm von Bourscheidt zu Büllesheim and Merödgen (* 1728 ; † March 1, 1784 in Münster ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and canon in Münster .

Life

Johann Wilhelm von Bourscheidt zu Büllesheim and Merödgen came from the Middle Moselle nobility of Bourscheid , which took its name from Bourscheid Castle . He was the son of Caspar Maximilian Friedrich Arnold von Bourscheidt and his wife Maria Anna Barbara Catharina von Hompesch . In 1757 he received a cathedral praise from the Elector and was sworn up here on June 29, 1757 . Johann Wilhelm was considered a close confidante of the canon Caspar Ferdinand Droste zu Füchten . In the election of the prince-bishop in 1762, however, he chose a different candidate. Bribes may have made the difference. In 1773 he was appointed deputy to the Landespfennigkammer. He was subdeacon and owner of the archdeaconate in Stadtlohn and Südlohn as well as the Oblegium Gronover majus and the obedience Blasii sive Sommersehl . He was buried on March 3, 1784 in Münster Cathedral.

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  • The diocese of Münster 4.2. ( Germania Sacra NF 17.2), Das Domstift St. Paulus zu 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.
  • Friedrich Keinemann: The cathedral chapter of Münster in the 18th century (= historical work on Westphalian research, volume 11), Aschendorffsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Münster 1967.

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SURNAME Bourscheidt zu Büllesheim and Merödgen, Johann Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canon in Munster
DATE OF BIRTH 1728
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1784
Place of death Muenster