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Wilhelm Wenker

August 16, 1956

German priest (1874–1956)

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Wilhelm Wenker was a German Roman Catholic priest. From 1910 to 1956 he worked as pastor of the St. Hippolytus parish in Gelsenkirchen-Horst and became known as the “Savior of Gelsenberg”.

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  • Anniversary · August 16

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