Gottfried Sieber

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Gottfried Sieber OSB (born June 26, 1940 in Egling an der Paar ) is the emeritus abbot of the Sacred Heart Abbey of Inkamana .

Life

Sieber entered the Benedictine monastery of Sankt Ottilien and made his profession on September 25, 1961 . He was ordained a priest on September 4, 1966. In 1968 he went to the mission to South Africa , where he was pastor and secretary to the Bishop of Eshowe . On January 1, 1992, he moved to Inkamana Abbey. In 2000 he became secretary and chronicler of the Benedictine Congregation of St. Ottilien . On February 8, 2003, Father Gottfried was elected by the convent of the Benedictine Mission Abbey of Inkamana as second abbot and successor to Gernot Wottawah . On April 26, 2003, he received by Bishop Mansuet Dela Biyase the abbatial blessing . His motto is congregation in unum . Gottfried Sieber resigned from the office of abbot in February 2015.

Awards

Web links

literature

  • The structure of the Catholic Church in Zululand from the beginning to the present. - Münsterschwarzach: Vier-Türme-Verl., 1976
  • The Benedictine Congregation of St. Ottilien. - St. Ottilien: EOS-Verl., 1992
  • The Benedictines of Inkamana. - St. Ottilien: EOS-Verl., 1995

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Pro Piis Meritis" Cross of Merit of the Sovereign Order of Malta for Gottfried Sieber
personal data
SURNAME Sieber, Gottfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sieber, Godfrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious, abbot of the Sacred Heart Abbey of Inkamana
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Egling on the couple