About Josef Homeyer
Lived 1929 – 2010 (aged 80). Josef Homeyer was a German catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Josef Homeyer (1 August 1929 – 30 March 2010) was a German Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim, located in Hildesheim, from his appointment by Pope John Paul II on 25 August 1983 until his retirement on 20 August 2004.
Biography He was born in Harsewinkel, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He died in Hildesheim, Germany, on 30 March 2010, at the age of 80.
One of his many activities was to set the foundation of the Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie Hannover in 1988.
In 2005 he got the Honorary citizenship of Hildesheim.
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Who was Josef Homeyer?
German Roman Catholic bishop (1929–2010)
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Josef Homeyer was born on 1 August 1929 in Harsewinkel.
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Josef Homeyer died on 30 March 2010 in Hildesheim.
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Josef Homeyer was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Josef Homeyer was German.
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