Georg Ratzinger

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Georg Ratzinger was a German Catholic priest, musician, and long-time director of the Regensburger Domspatzen boys' choir, best known as the elder brother of Pope Benedict XVI.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
German musician
choir director
human
awardReceived Bavarian Order of Merit
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
causeOfDeath kidney failure
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1924-01-15
dateOfDeath 2020-07-01
diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg
educatedAt Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
seminary in Freising
employer Regensburger Domspatzen
familyName Georg Ratzinger
surface form: "Ratzinger"
fieldOfWork choral conducting
church music
genre sacred music
givenName Georg
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned German
memberOf clergy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg
militaryBranch Wehrmacht
notableRole elder brother of Pope Benedict XVI
notableWork direction of the Regensburger Domspatzen boys' choir
occupation Catholic priest
choir director
church musician
organist
ordainedBy Michael von Faulhaber
ordination 1951-06-29
participantIn World War II
placeOfBirth Bavaria
Pleiskirchen
Weimar Republic
placeOfDeath Bavaria
Germany
Regensburg NERFINISHED
positionHeld director of the Regensburger Domspatzen
relative Joseph Ratzinger Sr.
Maria Ratzinger
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: "Catholic Church"
residence Regensburg NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
sibling Pope Benedict XVI
surface form: "Joseph Ratzinger"

Pope Benedict XVI
workLocation Regensburg NERFINISHED

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joseph Ratzinger Sr. child Georg Ratzinger
Georg Ratzinger familyName Georg Ratzinger
this entity surface form: "Ratzinger"
Joseph Ratzinger Sr. fatherOf Georg Ratzinger
Pope Benedict XVI sibling Georg Ratzinger