Dominik Meiering

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Dominik Meiering (2018)

Dominik Maria Meiering (born January 31, 1970 in Rhede ) is a German Roman Catholic priest and art historian . He is the leading pastor of Cologne's inner city parishes and cathedral capitular at Cologne Cathedral .

Life

youth

Dominik Meiering grew up in Bergisch Gladbach near Cologne. There he attended the Catholic elementary school and later also the Dietrich Bonhoeffer-Gymnasium, where he obtained his Abitur in the summer of 1989. Following this, Meiering completed his basic military service in the Bundeswehr Chamber Orchestra (HMK II Kassel).

Studies and priest training (1990-2006)

Meiering studied Catholic theology , art history and philosophy in Bonn and Freiburg im Üechtland from 1990 to 1996 . On June 19, 1998, he was ordained a priest in Cologne Cathedral by Cardinal Meisner . From 1999 to 2003 he was chaplain in Neuss and from 2003 to 2006 in St. Agnes (Cologne) . In 2006 he received his doctorate at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn in the subject of art history with his dissertation Christo-Logie .

Youth pastoral care (2006-2015)

From 2006 to 2015 Meiering was city youth pastor and BDKJ -Preses in the city of Cologne. Here Dominik Meiering was entrusted with the conception and implementation of the youth pastoral center Crux , which is located in the Church of St. Johann Baptist (Cologne) . As a city and district youth pastor, Meiering campaigned strongly for the youth in the city of Cologne on various levels. During this time Meiering was also commissioned as a school chaplain for the Archbishop's Vocational College and the Catholic Secondary School on the Great Greek Market.

From 2008 to 2015 he took on the teaching position for theological basics / liturgy at the Cologne University of Music . From 2010 to 2015 Meiering was also district youth pastor of the Rhein-Erft district . From 2010 to 2015 Dominik Meiering was also appointed Rector ecclesiae at the last own church in Cologne, St. Gregorius im Elend in the southern part of the city. Dominik Meiering held a teaching position for homiletics at the seminary and deacon institute in Cologne from 2012 to 2015.

In his function as BDKJ-President he co-initiated the alliance “Nicholas come to our house” at the St. Nicholas Summit in 2011. The aim of the alliance is to bring the virtuous life of the Holy Bishop Nikolaus von Myra back to the public as an example.

Dominik Meiering as cathedral capitular at the funeral of Joachim Cardinal Meisner (2017)

Vicar General (2015-2018)

Meiering was introduced as the new Vicar General on February 22nd, 2015 in Cologne Cathedral by Archbishop Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki . He is the successor to Stefan Heße , who was appointed Archbishop of Hamburg by Pope Francis. In addition to the office of vicar general, Meiering held the office of moderator of the Curia of the Archdiocese of Cologne. On April 14, 2015 Cardinal Woelki Meiering appointed resident cathedral capitular , on April 19, 2015 he was introduced to the office by cathedral provost Prelate Gerd Bachner .

During Meiering's term of office, many structural reorientations of the archdiocese took place under the title “New ways for pastoral care and administration”. In the course of this, the renditions were reorganized with effects on house and property management and the establishment of a central contact point for parishes. In addition, Meiering ensured the nationwide establishment of positions for administrative managers to support the leading pastors in all areas of pastoral care, as well as initiated the realignment of the foundation center, under which Cardinal Meisner's foundation can also be found.

Dominik Meiering was released from his office as Vicar General on April 30, 2018 at Archbishop Woelki's request, and on September 1, at his request, he took over the coordination of the "Sendungsraum Köln-Mitte", the Catholic Church in downtown Cologne. At the same time he is active here as a senior pastor.

Memberships

  • Board member of the Association for Christian Art in the Archdiocese of Cologne and Diocese of Aachen eV
  • Board member of the Friends of Roman Churches in the City of Cologne eV
  • Member of the student association Arminia in KV
  • Honorary member of the Academic Association Rheinstein in the CV
  • Spiritual advisor in the KV local circle Häuschen zu Cologne
  • Alumnus of the German National Academic Foundation
  • Member of the Malteser Aid Service
  • Member of the Rotary Club of Cologne Capitol
  • Member of the Monday Society Cologne
  • Member of the Bürgererschützenverein, Neuss-Grimlinghausen
  • Honorary member of the corps à la suite of the honor guard of the city of Cologne
  • Honorary Senator of the Great Cologne Carnival Society
  • Rittmeister of the reserve in the honor guard of the city of Cologne 1902 eV
  • Member of 1. FC Köln
  • Member of the Friends of the Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Gymnasium, Bergisch Gladbach
  • Member of the Association of Friends and Supporters of the Catholic Faculty of the University of Bonn
  • Member of the Matthias Brotherhood , Neuss-Uedesheim
  • Member of the Albertus Magnus Foundation eV support group
  • Member of the Friends of St. Gregorius im Elend in Cologne
  • Member of the Association for the Lower Rhine eV
  • Member of the Association of Friends and Supporters of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum , Cologne

Publications

  • Art in the service of the church? Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 1997, ISBN 978-3-7954-1133-6 .
  • with Lutwin Opladen: The Church of St. Franziskus Xaverius Düsseldorf-Mörsenbroich. Düsseldorf 1998.
  • with Karl Schein (ed.): Heaven on earth. Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the Association for Christian Art. Wienand, Cologne 2003, ISBN 978-3-87909-809-5 .
  • with Barbara Schock-Werner and Ulrich Hennes: Follow the star. The Cologne Cathedral for young Christians. Cologne Cathedral Publishing House, Cologne, 2005, ISBN 978-3-922442-58-5 .
  • Conceal and reveal. The Veiled Diet of Christ and Jeanne-Claude and its parallels in the tradition of the Church. (Phil. Diss. At the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University Bonn), Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-7954-1835-9 .
  • with Gaby Bayer-Ortmanns (Ed.): Does Faith Need Art? Cooling, Mönchengladbach 2006, ISBN 978-3-87448-281-3 .
  • with Joachim Oepen (Ed.): Breaking up instead of breaking off. St. Johann Baptist in Cologne. Crux, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-028096-2 .
  • with Clemens Bayer, Martin Seidler and Martin Struck (eds.): Treasure art in churches and museums. Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7954-2827-3 .
  • Confirmation. With DVD. Altenberg House, Düsseldorf 2013, ISBN 978-3-7761-0282-6 .
  • with Stefan Lesting (ed.): Nikolaus-Handbuch , BDKJ Cologne, Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3000506819 .
  • The family as the basis of the way of life in: Christoph Klausing (Hrsg.) The Cologne guiding principles 1945 and today. A search for the core brand of Christian Democracy. Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-643-14103-3 .

Web links

Commons : Dominik Meiering  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Dominik Meiering, Vicar General of Cologne 2015-2018 | Archdiocese of Cologne. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ bdkj-koeln.de
  3. ↑ rotary1810.de ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / rotary1810.de
  4. ↑ Dr. Dominik Meiering, Vicar General of Cologne 2015-2018 | Archdiocese of Cologne. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  5. ^ Nicholas Covenant
  6. ↑ Cardinal Woelki appoints Dominik Meiering as his vicar general. Domradio , February 2, 2015, accessed on February 2, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Dr. Dominik Meiering, Vicar General of Cologne 2015-2018 | Archdiocese of Cologne. Retrieved January 19, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Cologne personnel decisions. Domradio , April 14, 2015, accessed on April 14, 2015 .
  9. ^ "God who gives life as the soul of the cathedral". Domradio , April 19, 2015, accessed on May 27, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Archdiocese of Cologne: NEW WAYS FOR PASTORAL AND ADMINISTRATION. Archdiocese of Cologne, September 13, 2016, accessed on February 20, 2019 .
  11. ^ Archdiocese of Cologne - administrative manager for all 180 pastoral areas. July 1, 2016, accessed January 19, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Donate sensibly - but how? In: FUND pieces. German Fundraising Association, February 2016, accessed on January 19, 2019 .
  13. ^ Archdiocese of Cologne: "Cologne Vicar General takes over parish leadership". Catholic.de , March 19, 2018, accessed on March 19, 2018 .
predecessor Office successor
Stefan Heße Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cologne
2015–2018 		Markus Hofmann
personal data
SURNAME Meiering, Dominik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meiering, Dominik Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic priest, art historian, pastor and author
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Roadstead