Christoph Kühn (theologian)

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Christoph Kühn (2012)

Christoph Kühn (* 1963 in Datteln , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a Roman Catholic priest of the Eichstätt diocese , canon lawyer and former papal diplomat .

Life

Christoph Kühn completed his philosophical-theological training at the Catholic University of Eichstätt (KUE) . As a student representative, he worked there in the Senate and in several other university committees. On June 30, 1990 he received in Eichstaett the ordination by the diocesan Bishop Karl Braun . He then worked in pastoral care and worked as a chaplain in Wemding , where he also celebrated his Primizi , Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz and Greding . From 1993 to 1997 he continued his studies in Rome and received his doctorate in canon law . He also obtained a licentiate in international law and graduated from the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy . After completing these studies, Christoph Kühn entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See under Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano and was initially nunciature attaché at the apostolic nunciature in Harare , Zimbabwe . From 1998 he worked as a nunciature secretary at the Papal Mission in Zambia and Malawi , based in Lusaka .

From 2001 to 2008 he headed the German-speaking department of Section I of the State Secretariat of the Holy See . In this task he accompanied Pope John Paul II together with other colleagues to the national youth meeting of Switzerland in Bern in June 2004 . Pope Benedict XVI boldly accompanied for the XX. World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne as well as during the Apostolic Trips to Bavaria in September 2006 and Austria in September 2007. From his office in the Terza Loggia in the Papal Palace , he organized the Pope's contacts to official bodies in Germany , Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. His duties in Rome also included the preparation and organization of the German-speaking part of the Pope's weekly general audiences. In June 2008 Kühn, who was perceived in the Vatican as a rival of the papal private secretary Georg Gänswein and an opponent of Ingrid Stampa , Joseph Ratzinger's former head housekeeper, was withdrawn from Rome by Cardinal State Secretary Tarcisio Bertone . More than 120 invited guests attended the festive farewell to Kühn, including Cardinal Secretary of State Bertone, Cardinals Paul Josef Cordes and Darío Castrillón Hoyos as well as the Bishop of Eichstätt, Gregor Maria Hanke , who traveled to Rome especially for the occasion.

From July 2008 to August 2012 Kühn was a Nunciature Councilor in the Apostolic Nunciature in Vienna. On August 31, 2012, he resigned from the diplomatic service of the Vatican and was appointed to the Eichstätt cathedral chapter as the successor to the retired cathedral chapter Rainer Brummer . There he took over the task of the universal church commissioner and was responsible in this context for the cooperation with the church aid organizations. He was also a representative for the spiritual communities and spiritual representative for the adult associations of the diocese. On January 1, 2019, Bishop Gregor Maria Hanke released him from these services and assigned him the task of overseeing the renovation of Eichstätter Cathedral on the part of the diocese. In addition, as a representative for "liturgical education" within the framework of the restructuring of pastoral care in the diocese of Eichstätt, he should look for new forms of liturgy in the pastoral rooms. Kühn had been responsible for the administration of the cathedral church building as “ Summus Custos ” (“Supreme Guardian”) since 2012 . Since 2014, Kühn has also been a diocesan judge at the Episcopal Office of Eichstätt. In May 2019, the Eichstätt diocese announced that the cathedral capitular would suspend all offices and functions in the diocese until further notice. Provisional representatives have been appointed for his duties in the ordinariate and in the cathedral chapter. His successor as "Summus Custos" of the cathedral was cathedral vicar Reinhard Kurzinger, who was also elected to the cathedral chapter a month later. Immediately before the announcement of the measures, Bishop Hanke traveled to Rome with his Vicar General Isidor Vollnhals, according to media reports .

In June 2020 Kühn appeared again in public for the first time and celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi with around 100 believers in the Strahlfeld monastery near Roding . His sermon was about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic . He still owns his cathedral canon, but is still performed without a function. He is no longer a diocesan judge.

Christoph Kühn has been a member of the WKSt.V. Unitas Frankonia Eichstätt in the UV and the KAV Capitolina Rom in the CV . In 2009 he took over the role of pastor liaison to KaV Marco-Danubia Vienna in the Austrian Cartel Association . In 2011 he became honorary philistine of KÖL Ferdinandea zu Graz in the Academic Association of KÖL. In 2000 he was invested in the Casamari Monastery in the Knightly Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem . In 2002 Kühn was accepted into the Sovereign Order of Malta in Rome . From 2008 to 2012 he was a volunteer pastor in the Maltese senior citizens' home, Haus Malta, in Vienna . From 2012 until his resignation in February 2019, Kühn was the curate of the Marian Messbund at the Schutter Mutter Ingolstadt (IMB), which is under the protection of the Bishop of Eichstätt. He also appeared as President of the approx. 20-member Eichstätter diocese group of the Association of Catholic Entrepreneurs (BKU).

Awards and honors

Kühn was awarded various medals and decorations from various countries for his work as a papal diplomat, including the Federal Cross of Merit in 2006 with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2004 he was awarded the Great Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria . At the beginning of 2007 Kühn was awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Liechtenstein Order of Merit. In March of the same year he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy by the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano . In 2010 he received the Pro Piis Meritis Cross of Merit of the Sovereign Order of Malta.

In 1999 he was appointed chaplain to His Holiness by Pope John Paul II with the title of Monsignor ; In 2011 he received the papal honorary title of Prelate of His Holiness .

Fonts

In addition to various journal articles, the following publications are known:

  • Church in conversation. Theological orientations and spiritual impulses. Kral, Abensberg / Ndb. 1992, ISBN 3-87442-034-5 .
  • The legal relations of the Holy See to the Council of Europe (= Adnotationes in ius canonicum , Volume 9). Peter Lang, Berlin, Bern a. a. 1999, ISBN 3-631-34465-1 .
  • (as translator :) Pietro Principe (Ed.): The Rosary according to John Paul II. A representation of the 20 secrets of the rosary. Illustrated by Gian Carlo Olcuire. Johann Wilhelm Naumann, Würzburg 2003, ISBN 3-88567-088-7 .
  • (as editor and co-editor with Pietro Principe :) Faith in pictures. Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City 2004, ISBN 88-209-7567-X (Original: Pietro Principe, Gian Carlo Olcuire: La fede per immagini , Rome 2000).
  • Strengthen Our Faith - Biblical Homilies. Pustet, Regensburg 2004, ISBN 3-7917-1921-1 .
  • Aid organizations as a contributor to social justice. In: Lee Kyu Young (Ed.): Ethics in the Era of Globalization. The 9th Korean-German Colloquium 2013. Sogang University Press, Seoul 2016, ISBN 978-89-7273-303-4 .

Web links

Commons : Christoph Kühn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b In the wake of the Pope's visit to Bavaria. Scientific Student Association Ruhrania, September 3, 2006, accessed on May 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ New task for Monsignor Christoph Kühn. The Eichstatt diocesan priest changes to the Apostolic Nunciature in Vienna. Press release of the Diocese of Eichstätt from February 5, 2008, accessed on July 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ Alexander Smoltczyk : The Pompadour of the Vatican. In: Der Spiegel , June 3, 2008, accessed on May 1, 2019.
  4. ^ Solemn farewell to Monsignor Christoph Kühn in Rome. In: L'Osservatore Romano , weekly edition in German No. 23/2008, July 6, 2008.
  5. ↑ Christoph Kühn appointed Cathedral Chapter. In: Dattelner Morgenpost , July 25, 2012, accessed on April 30, 2019.
  6. ↑ Cathedral Chapter Kühn installed. In: Donaukurier , September 28, 2012, accessed on April 30, 2019.
  7. ↑ Cathedral Chapter Kühn appointed representative for the universal church, liturgy and spiritual communities. Press release of the Diocese of Eichstätt from September 25, 2012, accessed on April 30, 2019.
  8. ↑ Comprehensive cathedral renovation, new tasks for Prelate Kühn. Press release of the Diocese of Eichstätt from December 18, 2018, accessed on April 30, 2019.
  9. ↑ a b Website of the Eichstätt diocese ( cathedral chapter , official office ), viewed on June 5, 2019 and June 17, 2020.
  10. ↑ Eichstätter Dom is closed for two years. In: Katholisch.de , January 22, 2020, accessed on January 24, 2020.
  11. ↑ Reinhard Kurzinger elected to the Eichstätter cathedral chapter. Press release of the Diocese of Eichstätt from June 21, 2019, accessed on January 24, 2020.
  12. ↑ Diocese of Eichstätt specifies measures against cathedral capital. In: Domradio , May 13, 2019, accessed on May 30, 2019.
  13. ↑ Jakob Moro: Prelate from Eichstätt celebrated the mass this year. In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung , June 12, 2020, accessed on June 17, 2020.
  14. ↑ KÖL Ferdinandea zu Graz names of the Academic Association of the KÖL (ed.): Complete directory 2014 . Self-published, Graz 2014, p. 67 .
  15. ^ The curate of the Ingolstadt Messbund. Announcement on the IMF website, accessed on June 20, 2019.
  16. ↑ Eichstätter diocese leadership and their worldview. In: News. Message from the Eichstätt diocesan group from Wir sind Kirche from January 26, 2014, accessed on August 30, 2019.
  17. ↑ Markus Altrichter: Prelate Christoph Kühn makes the start. In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung , March 1, 2017, accessed April 30, 2019.
  18. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB).
  19. ^ Liechtenstein Order of Merit for Vatican diplomat Christoph Kühn. Press release of the Diocese of Eichstätt from February 4, 2007, accessed on April 30, 2019.
  20. ↑ Italy honors Christoph Kühn. In: Donaukurier , March 22, 2007, accessed on May 22, 2019.
  21. ↑ "Pro Piis Meritis" Cross of Merit of the Sovereign Order of Malta for Christoph Kühn. Press release of the Diocese of Eichstätt from June 24, 2010, accessed on April 30, 2019.
  22. ↑ Christoph Kühn appointed prelate by Pope Benedict. Press release of the Diocese of Eichstätt from April 16, 2011, accessed on May 1, 2019.
  23. ↑ Review (2004) by Marcel Frölich on stjosef.at , accessed on November 1, 2019.
  24. ^ Conference report by Frank Zschaler , Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt , October 25, 2013; Publication notification from the Hanns Seidel Foundation of March 10, 2016; bibl. Reference of the anthology on the publication server of the KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt; all accessed on November 1, 2019.
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SURNAME Kühn, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman and Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
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