Bernhard Josef Hilgers

Bernhard Josef Hilgers (1808-1874) was a German Catholic church historian.

He was excommunicated in 1872, along with Bonn colleagues, by Paul Melchers, Archbishop of Cologne, in the debate over papal infallibility.

See also

• Josef Hilgers

External links

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1990). "Hilgers, Bernhard Josef". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 2. Hamm: Bautz. cols. 858–859. ISBN 3-88309-032-8.