William Anton of Asseburg

Wilhelm Anton Freiherr von der Asseburg (16 February 1707 – 26 December 1782) was a German clergyman and Prince-Bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn.

The Bishop's seat there had been vacated by the death of Clemens August on 6 February 1761 during the Seven Years' War, and the diocese was threatened with secularization.

[2] In 1769 he initiated the founding of the Fire Insurance Company in Paderborn, which is considered to be one of the first solidarity funds.

[3] Wilhelm Anton died on 26 December 1782 and was buried in the central aisle of Paderborn Cathedral.

He had already ordained his nephew and direct successor, Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen, as Bishop on 23 October 1763 in Hildesheim Cathedral.