Johannes Scheifes

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Grave of Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Scheifes in the cloister of the cathedral in Münster / Westphalia, Germany

Johannes Scheifes (born March 1, 1863 in Aldekerk ; † October 30, 1936 ) was a Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Münster .

Life

After studying Catholic theology John Scheifes received on 17 December 1887 by Bishop John Bernhard Brinkmann in the Great Cathedral in Munster the priesthood . Until 1891 he worked as a chaplain at St. Antonius in Tönisberg and then as a chaplain in Duisburg. On 20 October 1898 he appointed Bishop Hermann Jakob Dingelstad the rector of the branch church in Obermeiderich and on 23 February 1906 pastor of St. Aldegundis in Emmerich . In 1919 Bishop Johannes Poggenburg called him to Münster as cathedral chapter .

On March 7, 1921, Pope Benedict XV appointed Scheifes as titular bishop of Cestrus and auxiliary bishop in Münster. He received the episcopal ordination on April 24, 1921 by Bishop Johannes Poggenburg , who had been rector in Meiderich with him for several years.

Scheife's nephew, the writer Albert Vigoleis Thelen , created a literary monument for him in his autobiographical novel The Island of the Second Face .

Scheifes was also a member of the Catholic student associations Bavaria Bonn and Saxonia Münster in the CV .

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SURNAME Scheifes, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic priest and auxiliary bishop in Munster
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Aldekerk
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1936