His Eminence Lorenz Jaeger
Archbishop Emeritus of Paderborn
Jaeger on 5 September 1954.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Paderborn
See	Paderborn
Appointed	10 August 1941
Term ended	30 June 1973
Predecessor	Kaspar Klein
Successor	Johannes Joachim Degenhardt
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Leone I (1965-75)
Orders
Ordination	1 April 1922
Consecration	19 October 1941 by Cesare Orsenigo
Created cardinal	22 February 1965 by Pope Paul VI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Lorenz Jaeger 23 September 1892 Halle an der Saale, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	1 April 1975(1975-04-01) (aged 82) Paderborn, West Germany
Alma mater	University of Munich
Motto	Vita et pax ("Life and peace")
Coat of arms

Styles of Lorenz Jaeger
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Paderborn (emeritus)

Lorenz Jaeger (23 September 1892 – 1 April 1975) was a German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Paderborn from 1941 to 1973, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.

Biography

Lorenz Jaeger was born in Halle, and studied at the Academy of Paderborn and University of Munich. Ordained on 1 April 1922, he then did pastoral work in Paderborn until 1926. He taught at Studenrat Herne in Westphalia (1926–1933) and at Hindenburg Realgymnasium in Dortmund (1933–1939). During World War II, he served as a military chaplain from 1939 to 1941.

On 10 August 1941, Jaeger was appointed Archbishop of Paderborn by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 19 October from Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo, with Bishops Joseph Machens and Augustus Baumann serving as co-consecrators. From 1962 to 1965, Jaeger attended the Second Vatican Council, with Heribert Mühlen serving as his peritus, or theological expert.^[1] The Archbishop claimed that the Church had come to the "end of the Constantinian era," and needed to update the presentation of its teachings as time progressed.^[2]

Pope Paul VI created him Cardinal Priest of San Leone I in the consistory of 22 February 1965. Jäger later sat on the commission of cardinals instructed to examine the Dutch Catechism for theological orthodoxy. Upon reaching the age of 80 on 23 September 1972, he lost the right to participate in any future papal conclaves, an opportunity which he never received. The Cardinal resigned as Paderborn's archbishop on 30 June 1973, after thirty-one years of service.

A dedicated ecumenist, Jäger founded the Johann Adam Möhler Ecumenical Institute (named after the German theologian) and helped establish, along with Augustin Bea, the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity in the Roman Curia.^[3]

Jäger died in Paderborn, at age 82. He is buried in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Paderborn.