Alfred Bengsch (September 10 1921 – December 13 1979) was a German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Berlin from 1961 until his death and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967.Alfred Bengsch was born in Berlin and his father Leo was a postal worker. Entering a Jesuit-run gymnasium in 1932 he later attended the Superior School of Philosophy and Theology in Fulda and the seminary in Neuzelle.
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