Franz-Josef Wokittel

Franz-Josef Wokittel (born December 2, 1938 in Lanisch , Breslau district ) is a German Roman Catholic clergyman.

Life

After the expulsion from Silesia , Wokittel passed the Abitur at Heinrich-Mann-Gymnasium Erfurt . From 1957 to 1961 he studied Catholic theology in Erfurt at the Philosophical-Theological Studies , today's Catholic-Theological Faculty. He was given the sacrament of ordination in 1963 by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Freusberg . From 1963 to 1966 Wokittel worked as a chaplain and dean's youth pastor in Nordhausen , then from 1967 to 1970 as a parish curate in Gerstungen and as a pastoral officer for the dean's office in Eisenach . From 1970 to 2005 he was pastor of the parish of St. Severi on the Erfurt Cathedral Hill . In addition, Wokittel had been pastor in the Erfurt correctional facility since 1990 and pastor of the Erfurt parish of St. Martini since 1997 .

In 2004 Franz-Josef Wokittel was awarded the Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia by Prime Minister Dieter Althaus . Pastor Wokittel has been retired since 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Thuringian Order of Merit for pastor and prison minister Franz-Josef Wokittel. ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2016 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. Website of the Diocese of Erfurt . Archive 2004. Retrieved February 5, 2016.