Peter Josef Cramer from Clausagh

Peter Josef Xaver Johannes Nepomuk Cramer von Clausagh (born December 17, 1752 in Bonn , † August 11, 1820 in Unkel ) was a priest and official in the Archdiocese of Cologne .

Coming from a respected family of lawyers in Cologne, Cramer was a canon at Bonn Minster , as well as the collegiate churches in Schwarzrheindorf and St. Georg (Cologne) .

Already since the 1770s spiritual assessor at the official office, Archbishop Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels appointed him in 1784 to the newly created position of a clergyman secret trainee at the Bonn court and thus into the state administration of the Electorate of Cologne . Cramer, who belonged to the moderate Enlightenment at the court, was appointed to the Cologne cathedral chapter on September 21, 1792 and was made official by Archbishop Max Franz of Austria in September. He was also given the office of President of the Court of Justice.

In his work as an official, Cramer tried to curb the constant interference of the Nuncio in the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Cologne. He also took part as a welcome advisor at the Ems Congress , which was the climax of the Nunciature dispute.

Since secularization put an end to his work, Cramer took over the parish of Unkel on June 27, 1806, where he worked until his death.

predecessor	Office	successor
Gerhard Joseph von Herresdorf	Cologne Offizial 1792 - 1803	Nicholas Munich