Christoph Hegge

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Christoph Hegge (2008)

Christoph Hegge (born August 15, 1962 in Rheine ) is auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Münster for the Borken / Steinfurt region .

Life

Christoph Hegge attended the Arnold-Janssen-Gymnasium in Neuenkirchen and graduated from high school there in 1981. He then studied Catholic theology and philosophy and was ordained a priest on October 10, 1988 in Sant'Ignazio di Loyola in Campo Marzio in Rome . In 1989 he became a chaplain in Alpen Ortisei. After taking up further studies in 1991, he received his doctorate in Canon Law from the Gregorian in Rome .

Bishop Reinhard Lettmann called Hegge back to Münster in 1996, where he became chaplain and private secretary of the bishop and cathedral vicar at St. Paulus Cathedral . In 1997 he also became promoter iustitiae at the Episcopal Office, the diocesan court in Münster. In 1999, Hegge was appointed head of the religious orders, secular institutes and spiritual communities in the Vicariate General in Münster. In this function he was also the chairman of the conference of religious speakers until 2010. Hegge is a clergyman and was deputy vicar general of the diocese of Münster. From 2002 to 2010 he was diocesan commissioner for public broadcasting . In 2004 Christoph Hegge became the resident cathedral capitular at St. Paulus Cathedral.

On May 31, 2010 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . as titular bishop of Sicilibba and auxiliary bishop. The episcopal ordination received his Bishop Felix Genn on 29 August the same year in the cathedral at Munster; Co- consecrators were the bishop emeritus von Münster, Reinhard Lettmann and the auxiliary bishop emeritus Heinrich Janssen from Münster . As regional bishop, Christoph Hegge is responsible for the Borken / Steinfurt diocese region. He has a teaching position for canon law at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Hegge is a member of the Focolare Movement .

In September 2016, Hegge was elected as the new chairman of the Commission for Science and Culture at the autumn general assembly of the German Bishops' Conference . He thus succeeded the previous chairman bishop em. Heinrich Mussinghoff . Since the spring general assembly in February 2018, he has been deputy chairman of this commission. He is also a member of the youth commission . In addition, Auxiliary Bishop Hegge was confirmed in his office as the representative of the German Bishops' Conference for the Cusanuswerk bishop's scholarship , which he has held since 2013.

Christoph Hegge is related to the Berentzen family, an alcohol and spirits manufacturer with headquarters in Haselünne in Emsland .

Coat of arms and motto

Episcopal coat of arms

Hegge's bishop's motto reads: Credidimus caritati - “We believed in love”.

The upper field (red bar on a golden background) takes up the coat of arms of the diocese of Münster , where, with the exception of his Roman studies, the life of Auxiliary Bishop Hegge took place. The three gold stars refer to the coat of arms of the city of Rheine , the home of Hegges, which is in the Borken-Steinfurt region, for which he is responsible. The star is also used in the flag of Tunisia , in which the titular diocese of Sicilibba is located.

The red background of the field at the bottom right indicates its namesake, the martyr Christophorus . The rose with its silver wreath of flowers for the Mother of God Mary , the "flawless rose" (Laurentian litany) and with the red wreath of flowers for St. Elisabeth , the patroness of the home parish.

The field at the bottom left relates to the motto. The golden heart stands for the divine love, which was revealed when God sent his Son as atonement for our sins (cross). The blue background stands for people, on God's love, faith. ( Joh 4,7−16  EU )

honors and awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Auxiliary Bishop Dr. Christoph Hegge visiting the AJG in St. Arnold , November 25, 2016, accessed on January 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ Press release of the German Bishops' Conference of September 20, 2016 : Members, chairmen and deputy chairmen of the episcopal commissions and sub-commissions
  3. ↑ Press report of the German Bishops' Conference on the autumn general assembly 2016
  4. ^ Coats of arms and motto of the auxiliary bishops kirchensite.de; Retrieved July 1, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Hegge, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Munster
DATE OF BIRTH 15th August 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheine