Father Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, served as peritus to Cardinal Josef Frings, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany, while Hans Küng was a peritus for the Council, rather than for an individual Bishop.
Josef Mengele | Josef Albers | Franz Josef Land | Josef Schwarz | Josef Terboven | Josef Locke | Josef Koudelka | Josef Čapek | Franz Josef Strauss | Josef Hofmann | Josef Wiesehöfer | Josef Szeiler | Josef Frings | Josef Fares | Franz Josef Strauß | Ketti Frings | Josef von Sternberg | Josef Tal | Josef Meinrad | Josef Dietrich | Josef Zisyadis | Josef W. Wegner | Josef Vojta | Josef Svoboda | Josef Schulz | Josef Ressel | Josef Priller | Josef Pieprzyk | Josef Pasternack | Josef Nesvadba |
The Faculty of Theology has a long list of renowned alumni, among them Desiderius Erasmus, Daniel Ciobotea, Josef Frings, Georg Gänswein, Romano Guardini, Karl Lehmann, Franz Anton Staudenmaier, Robert Zollitsch, and recently-elected Pope Francis.