Paul Leopold Haffner

Paul Leopold Haffner
Bishop of Mainz
Haffner in 1892
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Mainz
In office10 June 1886 – 2 November 1899
PredecessorChristoph Moufang
SuccessorHeinrich Brück
Orders
Ordination10 August 1852
Consecration25 July 1886
by Christian Roos
Personal details
Born(1829-01-21)21 January 1829
Died2 November 1899(1899-11-02) (aged 70)

Paul Leopold Haffner (21 January 1829, Horb am Neckar – 2 November 1899, Mainz) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman. From 1866 until his death he served as Bishop of Mainz. Along with Johann Baptist Heinrich, he was one of the pioneers of German neo-scholasticism.[1]

References

  1. ^ Jedin, Hubert; Dolan, John Patrick (1981). History of the Church: The church in the age of liberalism. Seabury Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-86012-085-8.

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