Theodor Werner von Bocholtz

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Theodor Werner Graf von Bocholtz (* 1743 ; † March 15, 1822 in Paderborn ) was provost in Paderborn and canon in various dioceses.

Life

Origin and family

Theodor Werner von Bocholtz zu Niesen was the son of Caspar Arnold Jobst von Bocholtz zu Niesen and his wife Maria Theresia von Melschede zu Alme. He was the nephew of the Cathedral Scholasters Ferdinand Wilhelm von Bocholtz zu Störmede and Henneckenrode . Theodor Werner married the heir daughter Theresia von der Asseburg, daughter of Hermann Werner von der Asseburg . The future canon Hermann von Bocholtz-Asseburg emerged from the marriage.

Career and work

After the death of his wife, Theodor Werner embarked on a spiritual career and received a Münster cathedral praise from his uncle Ferdinand Wilhelm in 1774 , which he exchanged for Engelbert von Landsberg's Paderborn priest . After the resignation of his uncle Ferdinand Wilhelm, he received this prebend back in 1783, which he renounced in 1796 in favor of Clemens August von Korff . Theodor Werner put the focus of his work in Paderborn, where he succeeded Johann Friedrich von Schaesberg as President of the Privy Council in 1775 . After the death of the provost Franz Arnold von der Asseburg , the Paderborn cathedral chapter chose Theodor Werner as his successor. He was a subdeacon and also exercised the office of Drosten in Bevergern and Herstelle. He is also known as Paderborn's Oberstmarschall and Herr zu Störmede, Alme and Niesen.

Others

Theodor Werner was raised to the rank of imperial count in 1803.

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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 Bocholtz, Theodor Werner von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bocholtz, Theodor Werner Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Provost in Paderborn and canon in various dioceses
DATE OF BIRTH 1743
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1822
Place of death Paderborn