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Hans-Josef Becker

German Roman Catholic archbishop
Person human Q45325

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
June 18, 1948
Place of birth
Belecke
Country of citizenship
Germany[8]
Occupation
Catholic priest, university teacher, writer, philosopher, Catholic bishop, Catholic priest, archbishop, auxiliary bishop, Catholic theologian[3][4][5][6][7][9]
Position held
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paderborn, titular bishop, auxiliary bishop
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[15]
Consecrator
Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Heinz Josef Algermissen, Reinhard Marx[18][19][20]
Family name
Becker[13]
Given name
Hans-Josef[14]
Member of
German Bishops' Conference[10]
Motto text
in verbo autem tuo[16]
Name in native language
Hans-Josef Becker[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hans-Josef Becker ja ハンス＝ヨーゼフ・ベッカー ja ハンス=ヨセフ・ベッカー ko 한스요제프 베커 ru Беккер, Ханс-Йозеф ru Ханс-Йозеф Беккер
🔖 Identifiers · 18
ISNI
0000000115894586
VIAF cluster ID
5864627
Library of Congress authority ID
n2007065031
GND ID
124391214
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Erzbischof Hans Josef Becker.jpg ↗
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
becker-hans-josef
Catholic Hierarchy person ID
beckerhj
DDB person (GND) ID
124391214
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
124391214
Freebase ID
/m/02q6804
GCatholic person ID
4289
IxTheo authority ID
363315020
Show all 18 identifiers +6
JRC Names ID
658729
Munzinger person ID
00000024619
NUKAT ID
n2005114891
Prabook ID
2330902
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwHgTrX47kdjF9Wr6Y3wC
Yale LUX ID
person/2f5c47dc-c2e3-4e89-9b1b-3774f95c977c

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🔗 Connections
← Consecrator 7
Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, Josef Clemens, Dominicus Meier, Matthias König, Hubert Berenbrinker, Josef Holtkotte, Manfred Grothe
Occupation 6
writer, philosopher, theologian, university teacher, Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
Consecrator 3
Reinhard Marx, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Heinz Josef Algermissen
Position held 2
titular bishop, auxiliary bishop
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Family name 1
Becker
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Member of 1
German Bishops' Conference
Place of birth 1
Belecke
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
← SNARC ID 1
Spokane
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Summary

Hans-Josef Becker's place of birth was Belecke[1]. He was born on June 18, 1948[2]. He worked as a Catholic priest[3], university teacher[4], writer[5], philosopher[6], and Catholic bishop[7].

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Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include Catholic priest[3], university teacher[4], writer[5], philosopher[6], Catholic bishop[7], and archbishop[21].

FAQs

Where was Hans-Josef Becker born?

Hans-Josef Becker's place of birth was Belecke[1].

What did Hans-Josef Becker do for work?

Hans-Josef Becker worked as Catholic priest[3], university teacher[4], writer[5], philosopher[6], and Catholic bishop[7].

Related Entities

Germany Reinhard Marx

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → Catholic priest, university teacher, writer +6
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51085|batch #51085]]: more precise P106 value for Catholic priest"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → —
    Sex or gender → male
    Occupation → Catholic priest, university teacher, writer +6
    Member of → German Bishops' Conference
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Occupation: theologian, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258351|batch #258351]]"
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