Werner Bardenhewer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German Catholic priest, founder of charity organization
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Place of Birth: Arnsberg, Free State of Prussia, Germany
About Werner Bardenhewer
- Joseph Werner Bardenhewer (30 January 1929 - 10 April 2019) was a German Catholic priest.
- He was Dean of Wiesbaden, the state capital of Hesse, at the central parish St.
- Bonifatius from 1974 to 1996.
- He served for two years at the Eibingen Abbey founded by Hildegard of Bingen.
- In 1999, he founded the Wiesbaden chapter of the charity organisation africa action, which provides help in health care and education in countries of the Sahel region.
- He was active as a priest until his death, and had traveled to West Africa to contact the partner organizations.
- He received Burkina Faso's highest national award, the Knight of the country's National Order, in 2016.
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