Josef Hilgers

Josef Hilgers (9 September 1858 Kückhoven, - 25 January 1918, the Emmerich Bonifatiushaus, the academic centre for the diocese of Fulda) was a German Jesuit who wrote on theological and ascetical matters. He wrote two books on papal censorship of books and another on the nature of indulgences.

Life

Born in 1858 Josef Hilgers was born in Kückhoven on 9 September 1858. From 1885 to 1894 he taught in the city of Ordrupshoj, Denmark. Later he worked in Rome, Luxembourg, Valkenburg and finally in the Bonifatiushaus, in Emmerich, where he died 25 January 1918.

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