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Langenbochum
(Stadt Herten)
Kr. Recklinghausen
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Hahnenbergstraße 108
(Kardinal-von-Galen-Haus)

Clemens August Kardinal Graf von Galen

Dinklage, Vechta 1878 - Münster 1946
Bishop of Münster; during World War II, he led Catholic protest against Nazi euthanasia and denounced Gestapo lawlessness and the persecution of the church
(Wikipedia)

Orlando Gaido
1996

Langenbochum / Clemens August Kardinal Graf von Galen

Description

Stone statue of Bishop Von Galen, made by the Argentinian priest Gaido, while he was temporary chaplain and pastor of the parish of St. Mary Visitation in Herten.

Herten - Clemens August Kardinal Graf von Galen

Inscription(s)

NICHT LOB
NICHT FURCHT

Nicht Lob, Nicht Furcht - Nec laudibus, nec timore - neither praise nor fear will deter him from his path, was the motto of Von Galen when he was ordained bishop of Münster in 1933.

Sculptor

Padre Orlando Elsio Esteban Gaido (Las Varillas, Argentine 1940), Argentinian priest and sculptor.

Sources & Information

Stadt Herten, Kunstwerken im öffentlichen Raum, Sept. 2012 (PDF online).

Locatie (N 51°36'39" - E 7°7'47") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw1031; Photograph: 1 August 2022
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