Brandenburg was born in
Osnabrück,
Germany, in 1923. After graduation at the
Carolinum High School in Osnabrück, he was drafted into military service. As a Marine soldier, he rose to speed boat commander. Brandenburg studied law and economics after the war. He then moved to the Catholic Theology Faculty of the
University of Münster. Ordained a priest in 1952, he was a chaplain in Hamburg Winterhude 1955 to 1958, and completed a PhD in Rome. In 1967 he was appointed a canon, then appointed to the finance director in Osnabruck. In 1974, Brandenburg was appointed Titular Bishop of
Strathernia and
auxiliary bishop of
Osnabrück by Pope Paul VI. He was consecrated by Bishop Helmut Hermann Wittler on 26 January 1975, co-consecrators were the Curia Bishop and President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications,
Andrzej Maria Deskur, and Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück
John Albert von Rudloff. On 13 May 1972 Brandenburg was invested in the
Order of the Holy Sepulchre. In 1976, he became a member of the
Sovereign Military Order of Malta. In 1977 he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Stockholm. He was a longtime vice chairman of the Nordic Bishops Conference. After his retirement, Brandenburg lived first in
Helsingborg, before returning to his home town of Osnabrück. Since 1946, Brandenburg was a member of the Catholic fraternity KDSt.V. Sauerlandia Munster, a Catholic student fraternity that belongs to the
Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen. He was a grandson of member of the German
Reichstag Carl Brandenburg, who succeeded
Ludwig Windthorst from 1891 to 1902 representing the constituency of
Meppen in the Reichstag. Brandenburg died aged 85 in Osnabrück. ==External links==