Anselmo Müller

Anselmo Müller MSF (born February 22, 1932 in Santa Cruz do Sul , Rio Grande do Sul ; † March 24, 2011 in Passo Fundo , Rio Grande do Sul) was a Brazilian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Januária .

Life

Anselmo Müller, one of ten children from a family of bakers with German ancestry, entered the seminary of Passo Fundo at the age of 22 and first completed his Abitur. He then joined the order of the Missionaries of the Holy Family and studied Catholic theology and philosophy in Passo Fundo. Anselmo Müller was ordained a priest on December 10, 1961 by João Cláudio Colling . He initially worked in several parishes in southern Brazil and Santa Catarina. From 1964 to 1968 he worked in Rio de Janeiro and was involved in the meeting with João Goulart on March 13, 1964 in central Brazil. From 1968 to 1979 he was pastor in São Carlos SC, then in Rio de Janeiro.

Pope John Paul II appointed him third bishop of the diocese of Januária . He was ordained episcopate on June 24, 1984 by the Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul , Alberto Frederico Etges ; Co- consecrators were José Ivo Lorscheiter , Bishop of Santa Maria , and Agostinho Willy Kist SJ , Bishop of Diamantino . His episcopal motto was "That all have life". Don Anselmo Müller was a member of the Episcopal Pastoral Region 2 East CNBB ( Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais ).

His resignation was in 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. granted.

Web links

Entry to Anselmo Müller on catholic-hierarchy.org
"De padeiro em Santa Cruz a bispo de Januária" (Portuguese)

predecessor	Office	successor
Johannes Baptist Przyklenk MSF	Bishop of Januária 1984-2008	José Moreira da Silva

personal data
SURNAME	Müller, Anselmo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Müller, Anselmo MSF
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brazilian religious, Roman Catholic Bishop of Januária
DATE OF BIRTH	February 22, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Santa Cruz do Sul , Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH	March 24, 2011
Place of death	Passo Fundo , Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil