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Hermann Joseph Schmitz (1841 – 1899)
Chairman of the Society for Christian Art Museum director 1896 – 1900 Hermann Joseph Schmitz was born on 16 May 1841 in Cologne and was ordained as priest on 7 April 1866. From 1866 to 1868 he studied to be a cononist at the Sapienza in Rome. In 1886 he was the main priest in Krefeld. In 1893 he became suffragan bishop in Cologne. From 1896 to 1899 he was president of the “Christian Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in the Archbishopric of Cologne” as well as chairman of the board of the museum. Hermann Joseph Schmitz died in Cologne on 21 August 1899. | Art museum of the
Archdiocese of Cologne Current events Architecture Exhibitions Gallery Videos Audio Tracks Information Chapel Museums-History Publications Essays Events Education 1990 – 2007 1972 – 1989 1954 – 1971 1940 – 1953 1923 – 1939 1906 – 1922 1852 – 1905 Joachim M. Plotzek Walter Schulten Joseph Hoster Wilhelm Neuß Jakob Eschweiler Arnold Steffens Hermann J. Schmitz Alexander Schnütgen Johann Baudri Friedrich Baudri |
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