Helmut Bauer (Bishop)

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Chapel "Maria im Aufgang"

Helmut Bauer (born March 18, 1933 in Schimborn ) is auxiliary bishop emeritus in the diocese of Würzburg .

Life

Helmut Bauer was born in 1933 as the son of the farmer's men Otto (born March 6, 1903 + July 25, 1983 ) and Maria Bauer, b. Daniel (born August 15, 1905 + March 26, 1998 ), born in Schimborn im Kahlgrund . He attended elementary school in Schimborn and spent his high school years at the Kilianeum in Würzburg , Münnerstadt and Miltenberg.

After graduating from high school in Miltenberg , Bauer studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . On July 21, 1957, he was ordained a priest in Würzburg by the then Apostolic Nuncio , Archbishop Aloys Muench . Bauer spent his four-year chaplaincy in the Heilig-Geist-Pfarrei in Schweinfurt before he became Prefect of the Episcopal Boys' Seminar in the Kilianeum in Würzburg in 1961. In 1964 he became director of the study seminar of the same name in Bad Königshofen . In 1968 he returned to the Kilianeum Würzburg as director.

Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele appointed Bauer in 1983 as cathedral priest and cathedral capitular of Würzburg. In the same year he was elected Dean of the Deanery Würzburg-Stadt.

On July 11, 1988 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Velefi and Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg. He was ordained bishop on October 14, 1988 by Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele in Würzburg's Kilians Cathedral. Co-consecrators were Anton Schlembach ( Diocese of Speyer ) and Auxiliary Bishop Alfons Kempf (Würzburg).

Bauer has also been provost of the cathedral in Würzburg since November 1988

The first official act, an altar consecration , was carried out by Auxiliary Bishop Bauer on November 12, 1988 in the Filial Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in Daxberg, his home parish of Schimborn.

In 1989 Bauer became episcopal vicar and speaker for church music in the episcopal ordinariate. From 1990 to 2008 he was the Catholic chairman of the working group for ecumenical songs . After the resignation of Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele Helmut Bauer for the period was Sedisvakanz , from July 2003 to inauguration of Friedhelm Hofmann as diocesan bishop on 19 September 2004 to the diocesan administrator selected the diocese of Wuerzburg.

On March 18, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI. Bauer's request to resign due to age reasons.

Episcopal coat of arms

Helmut Bauer coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a golden Irish cross in a green shield, the Celtic cross and the green color refer to the "green island" Ireland , home of the Franconian apostles Kilian, Kolonat and Totnan. At the top on both sides a silver shell, it reminds of the apostle James, the church patron of Bauer's home parish Schimborn. Below the silver wave bar is a reference to his motto, the M-shape of the wave bar is reminiscent of the Marian year 1987/88.

His motto In viam pacis ("On the Path of Peace") is also a reference to the Marian year 1987/88, in which he was ordained auxiliary bishop.

Chapel "Maria im Aufgang"

Bauer donated this field chapel to his home community in 1984. Every year on the Assumption of Mary , the consecration day of the place of worship, a procession and a prayer service are held. Since Auxiliary Bishop Bauer is a great admirer of Mary , he uses this day to pay a visit to his home parish. Since 2019 it has been a stage destination of the west loop of the Franconian Marienweg .

Honors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ bistum-wuerzburg.de: Bishops and Cathedral Chapters , accessed on May 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
personal data
SURNAME Bauer, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, auxiliary bishop emeritus in Würzburg
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Schimborn