Franz Hoffmeister (22 March 1898 – 27 March 1943) was a German

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priest and the founder of the

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and

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Life

Hoffmeister was born in

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. He was consecrated to a Roman Catholic

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by bishop Hähling von Lanzenauer in 1924.

References

In German

Theodor Pröpper Theodor Pröpper (26 May 1896 – 31 July 1979) was a German church organist and composer. Pröpper was born in Balve and spent most of his career there as an organist at Saint Blasius church. Career Pröpper studied at the church music sc ...

, ''Franz Hoffmeister. Leben und Werk'', Verlag Bonifatius Druckerei, Paderborn 1949 1898 births 1943 deaths People from Hochsauerlandkreis Westphalia culture 20th-century German Roman Catholic priests {{Germany-RC-clergy-stub