Bernhard Heinrich Witte
Bernhard Heinrich Witte OMI , Spanish: Bernardo Enrique Witte , (born July 27, 1926 in Vardingholt near Rhede ; † February 21, 2015 in Mendoza , Argentina) was a German religious , missionary and bishop of Concepción in Argentina .
Life
After the Second World War was Bernhard Witte between November 1945 and February 1947 as a prisoner of war seminarian in the so-called barbed wire seminary of Chartres that of Abbot Franz Stock as rain was headed. Bernhard Witte joined the religious order of the Congregation of the Oblate Missionaries of the Immaculate Virgin Mary (OMI) in the Boniface Monastery in Hünfeld (" Huenfeld Oblates") in 1952 and took his perpetual vows . On April 11, 1954, after his theological training, he was ordained a priest and from 1955 worked as a missionary in Argentina.
On April 14, 1977 he was appointed by Pope Paul VI. appointed Bishop of La Rioja , a diocese almost three times the size of North Rhine-Westphalia. The episcopal ordination received his Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano , Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña , on 20 May 1977 in the Cathedral of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Villa María , Cándido Genaro Rubiolo , and the Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo in Paraguay, Sinforiano Lucas Rojo OMI. His motto is With Maria, the mother of Jesus .
On July 8, 1992, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Concepción. The inauguration took place on August 30, 1992.
Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation on July 28, 2001. Since his retirement, Witte was a member of the convent in the Mariengarden monastery , but lived as a confessor in Kevelaer .
Web links
- Entry on Bernhard Heinrich Witte on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on February 23, 2015.
- Website of Bernardo Enrique Witte (AICA) (Spanish)
- Collection of articles by Bernardo Enrique Witte (AICA) (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Fallció Mons. Bernardo Witte OMI, obispo emérito de Concepción (Tucumán) , Agencia Catolica, February 21, 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ Chartres 1945, Herder Verlag, ISBN 3-451-21198-X
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge Arturo Meinvielle SDS |
Bishop of Concepción 1992-2001 |
Armando José María Rossi OP |
| Enrique A. Angelelli Carletti |
Bishop of La Rioja 1977–1992 |
Roberto Rodríguez |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Witte, Bernhard Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Witte OMI, Bernhard Heinrich; Witte, Bernardo Enrique |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German religious, Bishop of Concepción in Argentina |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vardingholt, Roadstead |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 2015 |
| Place of death | Mendoza , Argentina |