Albert Dölken

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Albert Dölken O.Praem. (* as Thomas Dölken on August 6, 1960 in Duisburg ) is a German regular canon and abbot of the Premonstratensian monastery in Hamborn .

Life

Born in the Hamborn district of Duisburg , Thomas Dölken grew up in the Ruhr area and, after graduating from high school, studied theology at the Theological Faculty of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . In 1981 he joined the order of the Premonstratensian , took the name of the order Albert and was a novice of the Hamborner Kloster in Schlägl Abbey . He made his profession on April 16, 1982. In the following years he continued his theology studies in Würzburg , Jerusalem and Bochum . After his ordination on October 2, 1986, he worked as a chaplain in the parish of St. Johann in Duisburg-Hamborn and as pastor of Cappenberg .

After his election as abbot on February 24, 1995, he was appointed abbot by Bishop Hubert Luthe on March 25, 1995 and has been head of Hamborn Abbey ever since. His motto is: Gaudium et Spes - joy and hope . During his tenure, the abbey experienced extraordinary growth, which made it necessary to expand the monastery buildings. In addition, Dölken was pastor of St. Johann / Duisburg and religion teacher at the Episcopal Abbey Gymnasium until 2008 .

Albert Thomas Dölken has been a member of the KDStV Falkenstein Freiburg since 1979 and is the owner of the KDStV Elbmark zu Duisburg.

He is the brother of Clemens Dölken O.Praem., Prior of the Premonstratensian monastery in Magdeburg and social ethicist at the Philosophical-Theological University of St. Augustin .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Convent in Hamborn ( Memento from August 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ http://www.abtei-hamborn.net/cms/images/stories/presse/alle/Neue_Novizen_in_der_Hamborner_Abtei_-_Rheinische_Post_-_31.03.2012.pdf
  3. ^ New monastery building ( Memento from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

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predecessor Office successor
Gottfried Menne Abbot of Hamborn
since 1995 		..
personal data
SURNAME Dölken, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dölken, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Premonstratensian and Abbot
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg