Ordination
Bishop von Ketteler died on 13 July 1877, after which the cathedral chapter elected Moufang bishop of the diocese. However the Hessian grand ducal government refused to confirm that. So the elect Moufang served as administrator only. The ten years that he carried this charge while the seminary was shuttered were difficult for Moufang, primarily due to the hostile attitude of the government.
On 16 April 1886 Leo XIII made Moufang a domestic prelate. Under Bishop Paul Leopold Haffner the theological school of the seminary was reopened on 25 October 1887, and Moufang again directed the seminary as regent, although he soon had to relinquish this charge due to poor health. He died in 1890.
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