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Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

1-Aug

Born

17 February 1907 in Klodzko, Dolnoslaskie, Germany (in modern Poland)

Died

1 August 1942 in the Dachau concentration camp, Oberbayern, Bavaria, Germany of pneumonia and starvation

Beatified

19 September 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI beatification recognition celebrated at the cathedral of Münster, Germany, Cardinal Joaquim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany presiding ; beatification recognition celebrated at the cathedral of Münster, Germany, Cardinal Joaquim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany presiding

Venerated

27 March 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder, also known as Gerhard Hirschfelder of Klodzko, was a Catholic priest in the archdiocese of Münster, Germany. He was born on 17 February 1907 in Klodzko, Dolnoslaskie, Germany, which is now part of modern Poland. Hirschfelder was ordained as a priest in 1932 and became a member of the Schoenstatt Movement, a Marian apostolic movement within the Catholic Church.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2010-09-19 by 19 September 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI beatification recognition celebrated at the cathedral of Münster, Germany, Cardinal Joaquim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany presiding ; beatification recognition celebrated at the cathedral of Münster, Germany, Cardinal Joaquim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany presiding