Georg Ratzinger

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Catholic priest German musician choir director human

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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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 →