Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler

The Right Reverend

Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler
Bishop of Mainz
ChurchLatin Church
DioceseMainz
Appointed20 May 1850
Term ended13 July 1877
PredecessorPetrus Leopold Kaiser
Orders
Ordination1 June 1844
Consecration25 July 1850
by Hermann von Vicari
Personal details
Born25 December 1811
Münster, Lippe, First French Empire
Died13 July 1877
Burghausen, Bavaria, German Empire

Baron Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (25 December 1811 – 13 July 1877) was a German theologian and politician who served as Bishop of Mainz. His social teachings became influential during the papacy of Leo XIII and his encyclical Rerum novarum.

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