Wilhelm Cleven

Wilhelm Cleven (born July 25, 1893 in Saeffelen , † August 14, 1983 in Cologne ) was auxiliary bishop in Cologne.

Life

After graduating from high school in Münstereifel, Wilhelm Cleven studied theology and philosophy in Bonn from 1912. In 1914 he became a soldier and a year later he became a French prisoner of war and via a prisoner exchange to Switzerland, where he continued his theology studies in Lucerne. In 1918 he returned to Bonn and was ordained a priest on August 14, 1921 in Cologne .

He was then a chaplain and from 1926 a high school teacher for religion, Hebrew and Greek in Düsseldorf . On March 16, 1948, he was elected Cathedral Chapter in Cologne and served as Vicariate General. Together with Wilhelm Böhler , he built up the school system in the Vicariate General; whose head he was from 1958 to 1970; since 1970 protector. He was significantly involved in drawing up the first school laws in the newly formed state of North Rhine-Westphalia. He was also chairman of the Catholic Broadcasting Institute of the Northwest German Dioceses. He was president of the German Lourdes Association ; 1978 Friedhelm Hofmann was his successor. He was chairman of the working group of Marian Associations in Germany.

From 1944 to 1950 Cleven was Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

Pope Pius XII appointed him on November 18, 1950 titular bishop of Sasima and auxiliary bishop in Cologne. The Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joseph Frings , donated him episcopal ordination on January 28, 1951 ; Co- consecrators were Wilhelm Stockums and Joseph Ferche , both auxiliary bishops in Cologne.

Cleven was responsible for the care of German prisoners of war and prisoners in French prisons. From 1955 he was a member of the Presidium of Silent Aid for Prisoners of War and Internees , an organization that has come under fire for its support for former National Socialists .

Wilhelm Cleven was cathedral dean from 1958 to 1978. From 1962 to 1965 he was the council father of all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council . In 1966 he became episcopal vicar for schools, Catholic committees, diocesan committee and diocesan leadership group, since 1971 only for schools.

Awards

• Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1964)
• Supreme Order of Jordan (1974)

Fonts

• Rich life , 1936
• Girls' program in the Kingdom of God: a book for girls , 1936
• Brave Girls , 1937
• Holy Work Service , 1937, together with Bruno Biesel
• Young girls tell: a book for girls and educators , 1937
• Daily Life and Eternal Order: A Little Book for Reflection , 1938
• Quiet womanhood in everyday life , 1940
• Questions that move everyone , 1949
• Questions about the Sacraments and Sacramentals , 1949
• Questions about ecclesiastical customs and commandments , 1950
• A pastor rings the Caritas bells , 1952, together with Konrad Jakobs

See also

• List of the auxiliary bishops of Cologne
• Archdiocese of Cologne
• List of the Roman Catholic titular dioceses
• List of Cologne Canons

Web links

• Entry on Wilhelm Cleven on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved February 7, 2014.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Bernd Haunfelder : North Rhine-Westphalia-Land and People 1946-2006: a biographical handbook , Aschendorff 2006, p. 106 f.
2. ^ Eduard Hegel, Wilhelm Neuss: The Archdiocese of Cologne between the Restoration of the 19th Century and the Restoration of the 20th Century, 1815-1962 , Bachem 1987, p. 152
3. ↑ ^{a b} Cleven, Wilhelm (1893-1983) , Historical Archive of the Archdiocese of Cologne , accessed on February 7, 2014
4. ^ Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 99.
5. ↑ [1]
6. ^ Domblatt 1974. Yearbook of the Central Cathedral Building Association 1974

predecessor	Office	successor
Joseph Mutton	Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem 1944–1950	Lorenz Cardinal Jaeger