MÜNSTER, Cathedral Chapter

The foundation stone for the third Münster cathedral was laid in 1225. Contrary to the previous two buildings this was no longer the property of the bishop, but the "chapter of the New Cathedral" which significantly impacted the bishop's direct influence. The construction period was almost 40 years. In 1264, it was completed by Bishop Gerhard von der Mark. For the construction of large parts were removed of the older structure, but also parts were reused. These included, for example, the West, parts of the Western Wall transept and parts of the south side. This yields a mixture of Romanesque style elements - mainly in the form of two Romanesque towers of the West - and the Gothic.

The cathedral's role as a parish, however, was lost during its construction phase, as in the first half of the 13th Century the Jakobi church was built. It wasn't until its demolition in 1812 that the cathedral returned to the status of a parish.

During the reign of the Anabaptists in Munster in the years 1534 and 1535, including the Cathedral before the devastation of the Baptist not sure. During the battles of 1534 pictures were numerous photos and figures such as Heinrich Brabender and the first astronomical clock from the year 1408, as they decorated with Biblical images were destroyed. After the bloody end of the Baptist reign a redesign inside the Dome was made. Affected were, inter alia, the Lettner, the Astronomical Clock and the Chapter House. Son Johann Heinrich Brabender created new sculptures as a replacement for the damaged items, and new paintings were done by Hermann and Ludger tom Ring, two major Westphalian painters.

During the Second World War, the cathedral was hit by bombs and heavily damaged. The devastation is almost entirely related to the building itself, since all inventory was removed and thus could be rescued. Not to be saved were the wall and ceiling paintings by Hermann tom Ring from the middle of the 16th Century, and the major western portal of the first half of the 16th Century.Collapse of the ceiling and the walls occurred and were lost. The reconstruction lasted from 1946 to 1956. Many parts of the cathedral were faithfully reconstructed. So are the altars and epitaphs, they remain at their original places. Not were reconstructed on the other hand, the aforementioned paintings, and the western portal. Instead of the portal located at the western end of the cathedral, now a simple wall of sandstone with a simple arrangement of windows is placed.

Ordinaries of Münster

* Heinrich Graf von Moers † ( 1424 Appointed - 2 Jun 1450 Died)
* Walram Graf von Moers † (14 Jul 1450 Appointed - 3 Oct 1456 Died)
* Johann Pfalzgraf von Rhein † (11 Apr 1457 Appointed - 20 May 1465 Confirmed, Archbishop of Magdeburg)
* Heinrich Graf von Schwarzburg † (Apr 1466 Appointed - 14 Dec 1496 Died)
* Konrad Graf von Rietberg † (18 Apr 1497 Appointed - 9 Feb 1508 Died)
* Erich Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg † (24 Feb 1508 Appointed - 20 Oct 1522 Died)
* Friedrich zu Wied † (6 Nov 1522 Appointed - 24 Mar 1532 Resigned)
* Erich Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen † (27 Mar 1532 Appointed - 14 May 1532 Died)
* Franz Graf von Waldeck † (1 Jun 1532 Appointed - 15 Jul 1553 Died)
* Wilhelm von Ketteler † (21 Jul 1553 Appointed - 2 Dec 1557 Resigned)
* Bernhard von Raesfeld † (4 Dec 1557 Appointed - 25 Oct 1566 Resigned)
* Johann Graf von Hoya zu Stolzenau † (26 Oct 1566 Appointed - 5 Apr 1574 Died)
* Johann Wilhelm Herzog von Jülich-Kleve-Berg † (28 Apr 1574 Appointed - 18 May 1585 Resigned)
* Ernst Herzog von Bayern † (18 May 1585 Appointed - 17 Feb 1612 Died)
* Ferdinand Herzog von Bayern † (18 Feb 1612 Confirmed - 13 Sep 1650 Died)
* Christoph Bernhard von Galen † (14 Nov 1650 Appointed - 19 Sep 1678 Died)
* Ferdinand Reichsfreiherr von Fürstenberg † (19 Sep 1678 Succeeded - 26 Jun 1683 Died)
* Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg zu Lenhausen † (29 Jul 1688 Appointed - 5 May 1706 Died)
* Franz Arnold Reichsfreiherr von Wolf-Metternich zur Gracht † (8 Jun 1707 Appointed - 25 Dec 1718 Died)
* Clemens August Maria Herzog von Bayern † (26 Mar 1719 Appointed - 6 Feb 1761 Died)
* Max Friedrich Reichsgraf von Königsegg und Rothenfels † (16 Sep 1762 Appointed - 15 Apr 1784 Died)
* Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (15 Apr 1784 Succeeded - 29 Jul 1801 Died)
* Ferdinand Hermann Maria Freiherr von Lüninck † (28 Aug 1820 Appointed - 18 Mar 1825 Died)
* Kaspar Max Freiherr Droste zu Vischering † (15 Jun 1825 Appointed - 3 Aug 1846 Died)
* Bernard Georg Kellermann † (10 Dec 1846 Appointed - 29 Mar 1847 Died)
* Johann Georg Müller † (1 Jul 1847 Appointed - 19 Jan 1870 Died)
* Johannes Bernard Brinkmann † (6 Apr 1870 Appointed - 13 Apr 1889 Died)
* Hermann Jakob Dingelstad † (15 Aug 1889 Appointed - 6 Mar 1911 Died)
* Felix von Hartmann † (6 Jun 1911 Appointed - 29 Oct 1912 Appointed, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne})
* Johannes Poggenburg † (7 May 1913 Appointed - 5 Jan 1933 Died)
* Bl. Clemens August Graf von Galen † (5 Sep 1933 Appointed - 22 Mar 1946 Died)
* Michael Keller † (19 Jul 1947 Appointed - 7 Nov 1961 Died)
* Joseph Höffner † (9 Jul 1962 Appointed - 6 Jan 1969 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln {Cologne})
* Heinrich Tenhumberg † (7 Jul 1969 Appointed - 16 Sep 1979 Died)
* Reinhard Lettmann (11 Jan 1980 Appointed - )



Key identification notes: Coins of Münster's cathedral chapter bear a portrait of St. Paul and occasionally include the letters 'MONA' in the legend.

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