Augustus Peters (born 27 May 1931 in
Aachen
Aachen is the List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population, 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants.
Aachen is locat ...
) was a
German
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clergyman and
bishop
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for the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen
The Diocese of Aachen () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in Germany and one of the six dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The incumbent bishop is Helmut Dieser, who was appointed by Pope Francis on 23 September ...
. He became ordained in 1958. He was appointed bishop in 1981. He died in 1986.
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References
20th-century German Roman Catholic bishops
1931 births
1986 deaths
People from Aachen
20th-century German Roman Catholic priests
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