Anton Hubert Fischer

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His Eminence Anton Hubert Fischer
Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	(1840-05-30)30 May 1840 Jülich Germany
Died	30 July 1912(1912-07-30) (aged 72) Cologne Germany
Buried	Cologne Cathedral
Nationality	German
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Cologne (1889-1902)
Coat of arms

Anton Hubert Fischer (Antonius Fischer) (30 May 1840, in

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Life

The son of a professor, he was educated at the Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium at

, then very old.

When Baudri died (29 June 1893), Fischer succeeded him, and in 1895 he became Dean of Cologne Cathedral. In 1902 the See of Cologne became vacant by the death of Hubert Theophil Simar [de], and Fischer was elected archbishop on 6 November 1902.^[1] On 23 June 1903, Pope Leo XIII made him a cardinal.

During the ten years of his episcopate, Fischer consecrated in the diocese several hundred churches and more than one thousand altars. He was a devoted protector of the religious orders. On several occasions during religious or national celebrations he spoke of

in very warm terms, which caused much comment.

At the Congress of Liège in 1890, he called for the intervention of the state in matters of

. He declared that "aspiration towards progress, towards the betterment and preservation of earthly well-being is deeply enrooted in human nature and does not contradict the Christian moral laws." On 13 November 1905, he advised the Catholic miners assembled in Congress at Essen to co-operate with non-Catholic workmen in the discussion of common economic questions.

He was likewise the defender with the

.

References

• Kölnische Volkszeitung (August, 1912)
• Germania (August, 1912)

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Goyau, Pierre-Louis-Théophile-Georges (1913). "Antonius Fischer". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 16. New York: Robert Appleton Company.