What is Werner Bardenhewer?
[[File:Werner Bardenhewer.jpg|thumb|Bardenhewer in March 2012]] '''Joseph Werner Bardenhewer''' (30 January 1929 − 10 April 2019) was a [[Germans|German]] [[Catholic]] [[priest]] and [[philanthropist]]. He served as the [[Dean (Christianity)|Dean]] of [[Wiesbaden]], the state capital of [[Hesse]], from 1974 to 1996. In 1999, he founded the Wiesbaden chapter of the [[charity organisation]] africa action. The charity gives help to the [[health care]] and [[education]] in countries of the [[Sahel]] region. In 2016, he was awarded the highest national honour of [[Burkina Faso]]. He was born in [[Arnsberg]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. Bardenhewer died on 10 April 2019 in Wiesbaden. He was 90.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=rlkpjsyr-uw7zzcwm-pa5|title=Wir trauern um Pfarrer Joseph Werner Bardenhewer|language=de|date=12 April 2019|access-date=14 April 2019|work=africa action / Deutschland}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.africa-action.de/ africa action / Deutschland] {{Small|{{in lang|de}}}} * {{DNB portal|1176680412}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bardenhewer, Werner}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:German Roman Catholic priests]] [[Category:Humanitarians]] [[Category:People from North Rhine-Westphalia]] [[Category:People from Wiesbaden]] [[Category:German philanthropists]]