Bernhard Kühnel

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Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer MSC (born December 4, 1927 in Ludwigsdorf , Kr. Neisse, Silesia) is the emeritus prelate of Caravelí .

Life

Bernhard Kühnel joined the religious order of the Sacred Heart Missionaries and was ordained a priest on August 6, 1955 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Prelate of Caravelí on January 26, 1983 . The Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga , Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada OFM , donated him episcopal ordination on April 27 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Germán Schmitz Sauerborn MSC, auxiliary bishop in Lima , and Guido Breña López OP , emeritus bishop of Ica .

On June 18, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI. his age-related resignation.

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predecessor Office successor
Friedrich Kaiser MSC Prelate of Caravelí
1983-2005
Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia MSC