Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler

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The Right Reverend Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler
Bishop of Mainz
Church	Latin Church
Diocese	Mainz
Appointed	20 May 1850
Term ended	13 July 1877
Predecessor	Petrus Leopold Kaiser
Orders
Ordination	1 June 1844
Consecration	25 July 1850 by Hermann von Vicari
Personal details
Born	25 December 1811 Münster
Died	13 July 1877 Burghausen

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Baron Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (25 December 1811 – 13 July 1877) was a German theologian and politician who served as Bishop of Mainz. His social teachings became influential during the papacy of Leo XIII and his encyclical Rerum novarum.^[1]