Johannes Christian Roos (28 April 1826 in Kamp am Rhein – 22 October 1896 in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman. He was

Bishop of Limburg The Diocese of Limburg () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cologne, with metropolitan see being the Archdiocese of Cologne. Its territory encompasses parts of the States ...

from 1885 to 1886 and Archbishop of Freiburg from 1886 until his death ten years later.

Bibliography (in German)

* Klaus Schatz: ''Geschichte des Bistums Limburg''. Mainz 1983. * Christoph Schmider: ''Die Freiburger Bischöfe: 175 Jahre Erzbistum Freiburg. Eine Geschichte in Lebensbildern''. Freiburg i. Br.: Herder Verlag, 2002. .

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* Roman Catholic bishops of Limburg Archbishops of Freiburg 1896 deaths 1826 births People from Rhein-Lahn-Kreis {{Germany-RC-archbishop-stub