Hubertus Brandenburg was a Roman Catholic bishop of Stockholm. He was ordained priest in Osnabrck onDecember 1952. OnDecember 1974, he was appointed by Pope Paul VI as auxiliary bishop of Osnabrck. OnNovember 1977, he was appointed as Bishop of Stockholm. He resigned in 1998, and was succeeded by Bishop Anders Arborelius.
Brandenburg was born in Osnabrck, Germany, in 1923. After graduation at the Carolinum High School in Osnabrck, he was drafted into military service. As a Marine soldier, he rose to speed boat commander. Brandenburg studied law and economics after the war. He then moved to the Catholic Theology Faculty of the University of Mnster. Ordained a priest in 1952, he was a chaplain in Hamburg Winterhude 1955 to 1958, and completed a PhD in Rome. In 1967 he was appointed a canon, then appointed to the finance director in Osnabruck.
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