Hermann Volk was a German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
14 Facts About Hermann Volk
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Hermann Volk served as Bishop of Mainz from 1962 to 1982, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973.
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Hermann Volk was born in Steinheim to Franz Volk, an upholsterer, and his wife Catharina Josepha Kaiser.
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Hermann Volk received his early education in Steinheim and Hanau, and then entered the seminary in Mainz, where he studied philosophy and theology for four years.
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Hermann Volk then did pastoral work in Mainz, serving as a chaplain in Alzey and in St Ignaz.
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Hermann Volk was an assistant of a vicariate in Gau-Odernheim from 1940 to 1941, when he was named Vicar of Nidda, where he would then serve as pastor from 1942 to 1945.
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In 1943 Hermann Volk obtained his habilitation in dogmatic theology from the University of Munster, with a work entitled: Emil Brunners Lehre von dem Sinder.
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Hermann Volk then served as assistant professor and professor of theology, and rector at the University of Munster.
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Hermann Volk was raised to the rank of a domestic prelate of his holiness on 25 February 1962.
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On 3 March 1962 Hermann Volk was elected Bishop of Mainz by the cathedral chapter, and confirmed as such by Pope John XXIII on 25 March 1962.
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Bishop Hermann Volk then attended the Second Vatican Council until 1965.
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Hermann Volk was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively.
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Hermann Volk later lost the right to participate in any future papal conclaves upon reaching age 80 on 27 December 1983.
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Hermann Volk is buried in the western crypt of Mainz Cathedral.