Friedrich Ostermann (Bishop)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Friedrich Ostermann in the Catholic rural community college "Schorlemer Alst" , 2009

Friedrich Ostermann (born June 21, 1932 in Münster ; † October 22, 2018 ibid) was auxiliary bishop of the Münster diocese and regional bishop of the Münster- Warendorf region .

Life

Friedrich Ostermann graduated from high school Paulinum in 1952 , studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and was ordained priest on February 11, 1958 by Bishop Michael Keller . After a temporary job in Bockum-Hövel (Herz-Jesu-Kirche) followed chaplain stations in Emsdetten (Marienkirche) from 1958 to 1962, Senden (St. Laurentius) from 1962 to 1967 and as vicar in Telgte (St. Clemens) from 1967. 1969 he became pastor in Rheine (Herz-Jesu-Kirche) and in 1975 dean in the dean's office in Rheine.

Auxiliary Bishop Ostermann and Ludger Stühlmeyer 1991

On 27 June 1981 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Dolia and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster. On September 13, 1981 he received the episcopal ordination from Bishop Reinhard Lettmann ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Trier , Hermann Josef Spital , and the Münster auxiliary bishop Alfons Demming . As regional bishop he was responsible for the district deans of Münster and Warendorf.

From 1981 Ostermann was the resident cathedral capitular at the Hohen Domkirche in Münster. From 1981 to 2011 he was the diocesan director of the Pontifical Work for the Propagation of the Faith and head of the Mission , Development, Peace department in the Episcopal General Vicariate in Münster. In 1984/85 he was chairman of the Bonifatiuswerk and diocesan director of the Bonifatiuswerk for children in the diocese of Münster. In 1993 he was appointed director of the Confraternitas Sacerdos Bonae Voluntatis . From 2001 to 2006 he was chairman of the journalistic commission of the German Bishops' Conference and chairman of the jury of the Catholic Media Prize . From 2003 to 2007 he was also dean of the Paulus Cathedral in Münster.

In conceptual discussions Ostermann and the composer Ludger Stühlmeyer created the basis for a renewed reception of the Gospels - cantatas for children in the Catholic liturgy .

Friedrich Ostermann 2018 at the 101st German Catholic Day in Münster .

On the occasion of his 75th birthday on June 21, 2007, he submitted to Pope Benedict XVI. his resignation from the office of auxiliary bishop, which he accepted on July 18 of the same year. After his retirement he continued to live in Münster.

Ostermann was a member of the Catholic student associations KStV Franko-Silesia-Breslau et Eresburg Münster, KStV Westmark Bonn and KStV Germania Münster in the KV .

Fonts

Assignments

  • "Your goodness will be known to all people". Choral setting ( SATB ). Text: Phil 4,5 and Psalm 117. Melody and composition: Ludger Stühlmeyer. "Auxiliary Bishop Friedrich Ostermann on the Diamond Jubilee of Priests" on February 25, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Ostermann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ First performance of the children's cantata Make up, become light in December 1989 in the dean's office in Warendorf with Auxiliary Bishop Friedrich Ostermann. Excerpt from: Come we go to Bethlehem , German Liturgical Institute (ed.), Trier 1996.
  2. ↑ "With trembling knees". In: Münstersche Zeitung . February 6, 2008, archived from the original on August 4, 2012 ; accessed on October 23, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Ostermann, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Münster
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 2018
Place of death Muenster