Education B. Horhausen/Westerwald, Germany, December 24, 1906;son Paul and Helene (Schug) H. Doctor of Philosophy, U. Rome, 1929, Doctor.Theol., 1932.Doctor.Theol., U. Freiburg, 1938, Doctor.Sc.Pol., 1941, Doctor.Theol. Habil,1944.
Achievements Cardinal Joseph Höffner has been listed as a noteworthy German ecclesiastic by Marquis Who's Who.