Christoph Bernhard Verspoell

Christoph Bernhard Verspoell (15 May 1743 – 5 January 1818) was a German Catholic priest, writer and hymnwriter. He published a hymnal with added melodies and organ settings in 1810. Some of his songs are still popular and are part of the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob.

Career Verspoell was born in Münster, Germany, on 15 May 1743. He was the son of the baker Joan Bernard Verspoell and his wife Anna Catharina Becker. He was baptised in the Überwasserkirche on 18 May 1743. He grew up with two elder sisters, while two other siblings had died young. His mother died in 1761, and his father remarried the following year. also Melodien zu den Gesängen beim römisch-katholischen Gottesdienst with the melodies, and Orgelbegleitung zu den Gesängen beim römisch-katholischen Gottesdienste with organ settings.