Wilhelm Weskamm

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His Excellency

Wilhelm Weskamm
Bishop of Berlin
DioceseBerlin
Appointed4 June 1951
Installed31 July 1951
Term endedAugust 21, 1956
PredecessorKonrad von Preysing
SuccessorJulius Döpfner
Orders
Ordination3 April 1914
Consecrationby Lorenz Jaeger
Personal details
Born
Franz Johannes Wilhelm Weskamm

(1891-05-13)May 13, 1891
DiedAugust 21, 1956(1956-08-21) (aged 65)
Berlin, Germany
BuriedSt. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin
NationalityGerman
Previous post(s)Titular bishop of Rhandus (1949-1951)
Coat of armsWilhelm Weskamm's coat of arms

Wilhelm Weskamm (13 May 1891 – 21 August 1956) was a German

Bishop of Berlin from 1951 until his death.[1][2][3]

Life

Franz Johannes Wilhelm Weskamm was born in

Paderborn. Still at Paderborn, he was ordained into the priesthood on 3 April 1914.[4] He then became a chaplain at Daseburg, a quarter of Warburg. Between 1916 and 1919 he served as secretary to the Prisoners' of War Support Agency in Paderborn.[1] In 1919 he was appointed a Cathedral Vicar ("Domvikar") at Paderborn
where for the next thirteen years he worked as a chaplain.

In 1932 Weskamm relocated to

Soviet occupation zone - from now East Germany - from beyond the east-west divide
would become increasingly difficult.

In June 1951, shortly after Weskamm's sixtieth birthday, he was appointed Bishop of Berlin

Halle University
.

Weskamm's body was buried in the Old Cathedral Cemetery of St. Hedwig in Berlin's Liesenstraße. In 1968 his was one of the bodies relocated to the crypt of St. Hedwig's Cathedral, recently rebuilt following the war. There is also a street named after Bishop Weskamm in Berlin-Marienfelde.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Bernd Schäfer. "Weskamm, Wilhelm * 13.5.1891, † 21.8.1956 Katholischer Bischof". Wer war wer in der DDR?. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin & Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Bishop Wilhelm Weskamm †". David M. Cheney (The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church). Retrieved 15 December 2015.[self-published source]
  3. ^ The Roman Catholic Bishopric of Berlin became an Archbishopric only in 1994.
  4. ^ a b "Bischof Wilhelm Weskamm (1891–1956) DAB V/24–...Biographische Notiz". Diözesanarchiv Berlin. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Dr. Johannes Pinsk (1891–1957) DAB V/32–... Biographische Notiz". Diözesanarchiv Berlin. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  6. ISBN 978-3-412-20142-5. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  7. ISBN 3-88309-332-7
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