Udo Bentz

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Udo Bentz's bishop's coat of arms

Udo Markus Bentz (born March 3, 1967 in Rülzheim ) is a Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop as well as vicar general of the diocese of Mainz .

Life

Udo Bentz initially trained as a banker from 1986 to 1988. In 1988 he entered the Mainz seminary and studied theology and philosophy at the Universities of Mainz and Innsbruck . In 1994 the deacon ordination and the deacon internship took place in Griesheim . He received the sacrament of ordination on July 1, 1995 for the diocese of Mainz from Bishop Karl Lehmann .

Until 1998 he worked as a chaplain in the provost parish of Dom St. Peter and the parish of St. Martin in Worms. This was followed by a four-year period as personal secretary to Bishop Karl Lehmann of Mainz. After further studies, he was in 2007 when Albert Raffelt at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg with a history of theology dissertation to Dr. theol. PhD . For this work he was awarded the Karl Rahner Prize by the University of Innsbruck in 2008 . He was pastoral in the parish of St. Michael in Sprendlingen (2002–2004) and in the parish of St. Peter Canisius in Mainz-Gonsenheim (2004–2007). From 2007 to 2017 he was Regens of the Mainz seminary. In 2011 he was appointed a clerical councilor by the Bishop of Mainz . In 2013, Bentz was elected chairman of the German Conference of Regents, the conference of the rectors of the seminaries in Germany. In addition to the seminary, he has been leading the training seminar for chaplains and pastoral assistants in the diocese since 2014.

On 15 July 2015 it appointed Pope Francis to the titular bishop of Sita and auxiliary bishop in Mainz. The episcopal ordination gave him diocesan Bishop Karl Cardinal Lehmann on Sunday, September 20 2015, in Mainz Cathedral . Co - consecrators were Karl-Josef Cardinal Rauber and the Metropolitan of the Upper Rhine Church Province, Archbishop Stephan Burger of Freiburg . In the German Bishops' Conference he is a member of the World Church Commission and its sub-commission for Latin America (especially ADVENIAT) as well as the Youth Commission . On August 27, 2017 he appointed Bishop Peter Kohlgraf the vicar general of the diocese of Mainz. On November 1st of the same year, Udo Bentz was introduced as resident cathedral chapter and is thus a member of the Mainz cathedral chapter .

Coat of arms and motto

Blazon : The split coat of arms shows three blue wavy lines in the upper silver shield which are supposed to symbolize a river. The river is a biblical image. Whoever trusts in God is like a tree that is planted by the water and that bears abundant fruit (Ps 1). In the book of Ezekiel, the prophet narrates a vision in which he sees water flowing out of the temple. Everywhere where the river flows, life can grow ( Ez 47  EU . In the lower red shield there is a Mark's lion with an open book and the two Greek letters A and O. The winged lion is a symbol for the evangelist Mark, Bentz's patron saint. Under the coat of arms in the banner the motto of the bishop: praedicare ubique - domino cooperante - preach everywhere - the Lord is involved ( Mk 16.20  EU ).

Fonts

  • Now there is still church. Basic lines of a theology of ecclesiastical existence in the work of Karl Rahner , (Innsbrucker theologische Studien Vol. 80), Tyrolia, Innsbruck - Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-7022-2919-1

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Nomina del Vescovo Ausiliare di Mainz (Germania). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , July 15, 2015, accessed July 15, 2015 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Udo Bentz: "Diversity is desirable" . A conversation with Regens Udo Bentz about the formation of priests today. In: Herder correspondence . Monthly books for society and religion . tape 68 , no. 7 . Herder, 2014, ISSN  0018-0645 , p. 339–344 ( herder-korrespondenz.de [accessed on August 25, 2015]).
  3. ↑ Udo Bentz consecrated in Mainz. SWR, September 20, 2015, accessed on September 20, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Udo Bentz becomes the new auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Mainz. Appointment by Pope Francis / consecration service on September 20th. In: press release. Diocese of Mainz - Press Office, July 15, 2015, accessed on August 25, 2015 .
  5. ^ German Bishops' Conference: Press release of September 20, 2016 - No. 175
  6. ^ The bishop's coat of arms and the insignia of Auxiliary Bishop Dr. Udo Markus Bentz. Episcopal Press Office Mainz, accessed on August 27, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Bentz, Udo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bentz, Udo Markus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Mainz
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Rülzheim