Julius August Döpfner
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His Eminence Julius August Döpfner |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Munich and Freising | |
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| Church | Munich Frauenkirche |
| Archdiocese | Munich and Freising |
| Province | Munich and Freising |
| Metropolis | Munich |
| Appointed | 3 July 1961 |
| Installed | 30 September 1961 |
| Term ended | 24 July 1976 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Wendel |
| Successor | Joseph Ratzinger |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Scala |
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| Ordination | 29 October 1939 by Luigi Traglia |
| Consecration | 14 October 1948 by Joseph Otto Kolb |
| Created Cardinal | 15 December 1958 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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26 August 1913 Hausen, Bavaria, German Empire |
| Died | 24 July 1976 (aged 62) Palais Holnstein, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Buried | Munich Frauenkirche |
| Nationality | German and Vatican |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Motto | praedicamus crucifixum |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Julius August Döpfner (26 August 1913 – 24 July 1976) was a German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1961 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.
Julius Döpfner was born in Hausen (today a part of Bad Kissingen) to Julius Matthäus and Maria Döpfner. He was baptised two days later, on 28 August. Döpfner had a sister, Maria, and two brothers, Paul and Otto. Entering the Augustinian-run gymnasium at Münnerstadt in 1924, he later attended the Seminary of Würzburg and the Pontifical German-Hungarian College in Rome. Döpfner was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Luigi Traglia on 29 October 1939, and then finished his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, from where he obtained a doctorate in theology in 1941, writing his dissertation on Cardinal John Henry Newman. He worked as a chaplain in Großwallstadt until 1944.
On 11 August 1948, Döpfner was appointed Bishop of Würzburg by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 14 October from Archbishop Joseph Kolb, with Bishops Joseph Schröffer and Arthur Landgraf serving as co-consecrators. At age 35, Döpfner was the youngest bishop in the Church at that time.
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