EUCH, JOHANNES VOL. - Bishop, b. into a noble family at Meppen (Hanover) in 1834 and d. at Copenhagen on 17 January 1922. Immediately after his priestly ordination in 1860, he went to Denmark and was appointed first assistant pastor of St. Ansgar, the principal church of Copenhagen, and then from 1864 until 1883 pastor at Fredericia, the other Catholic church in Denmark. In 1884 he was appointed canon of the cathedral of Osnabrück and shortly afterwards elected apostolic prefect of Denmark, Iceland and the Faroe Islands; in 1892 titular bishop of Anastasiopolis and vicar apostolic of Denmark; in 1917 assistant at the Pontifical Throne. He was also awarded the commandery of the Equestrian Order of the Dannebrog.
When he arrived in Denmark he found there only two Catholic churches with barely 1000 faithful. At his death the Catholics had reached the number of about 6000, and in all the principal cities there were Catholic stations with a church or chapel and school, with a resident priest and sisters, who for the most part came from Germany. He founded and supported missionary works of every kind and gave life to journals, higher schools, unions among students and young people, and several religious associations. He organized the first national pilgrimage after the so-called Reformation. His high culture procured him great respect and sympathy, and the funeral rites paid to him were a a triumphal passage through the streets of Copenhagen and at the same time constituted the first great public demonstration of the Catholics.