Hermann Jürgens was a prelate of the Catholic Church. He was born on 8 December 1846 in Münster, in the province of Westphalia (Kingdom of Prussia) and died on 20 September 1916 in Bombay (India).

The Right Reverend

Hermann Jürgens

Archbishop of Bombay
Native name
Hermann Jürgens
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Bombay[1]
Elected28 May 1907
PredecessorTheodore Dalhoff
SuccessorAlban Goodier
Orders
Ordination1884
Consecration14 July 1907
by Brice Meuleman
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Hermann Jürgens

(1847-12-08)December 8, 1847
DiedSeptember 28, 1916(1916-09-28) (aged 68)[2]
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
NationalityGerman
DenominationRoman Catholic
Styles of
Hermann Jürgens
Reference styleThe Right Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace
Ordination history of
Hermann Jürgens
History
Priestly ordination
Date1884
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorArchbishop Brice Meuleman, S.J.
Co-consecratorsBishop Abbondio Cavadini, S.J.,
Bishop Jean-Marie Barthe, S.J.
Date28 May 1907
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Hermann Jürgens as principal consecrator
Heinrich Döring (Doering)8 December 1907
Ange-Auguste Faisandier30 March 1909
Carlo Perini4 December 1910

He was a German Jesuit priest, missionary in India and archbishop of Bombay from 1907 until his death in 1916.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Archbishop Hermann Jürgens (Juergens) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. ^ Aravind Ganachari (9 December 2019). Indians in the First World War: The Missing Links. SAGE Publishing India. p. 207. ISBN 978-93-5328-928-7.
  3. ^ "Former Archbishops - Archdiocese of Bombay". ArchdioceseOfBombay.
  4. ^ Edward Madigan (23 March 2016). The Clergy in Khaki: New Perspectives on British Army Chaplaincy in the First World War. Routledge. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-317-03799-6.