Guido Assmann

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Guido Assmann (* 1964 in Radevormwald ) is a German Roman Catholic priest in the archdiocese of Cologne and Cologne elected provost .

Career

Guido Assmann was born in Radevormwald in the Bergisches Land in 1964 . He grew up in the Bergerhof district and has a brother. After graduating from the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium in Radevormwald and studying philosophy and Catholic theology at the universities of Bonn and Freiburg , he was ordained priest on June 1, 1990 by Archbishop Joachim Meisner in Cologne Cathedral . After years of chaplaincy at St. Bruno in Cologne-Klettenberg and at St. Patricius in Eitorf , he became pastor at St. Michael in Dormagen in 1998 . In 2000 he was also appointed dean of the Dormagen dean's office . Pope Benedict XVI appointed Guido Assmann in 2005 chaplain of his Holiness with the title Monsignore , in October 2005 he was also accepted into the knightly order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem as part of an investiture in Magdeburg Cathedral . For the order, in addition to his other duties, from December 2011 to September 2014 he performed the duties of prior of the Commandery of the Holy Three Kings in Cologne. The call to Neuss followed in 2007, where Assmann became senior pastor at Quirinus-Münster and district dean of the Neuss district dean's office. The inauguration took place on August 12, 2007 by Archbishop Joachim Cardinal Meisner. From March 1, 2013 to August 2016, Assmann was also a parish administrator in the pastoral care area Elsbach-Erft in Grevenbroich . In Neuss, according to press reports, he was considered a good preacher with a rather conservative orientation, who campaigned intensively for ecumenism and promoted Christian-Jewish cooperation .

Archbishop Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki appointed Guido Assmann as a non-resident cathedral chapter in 2017. On May 29, 2020 it was announced that Assmann had been elected provost at Cologne's High Cathedral as the successor of Gerd Bachner in absentia at a special meeting of the Cologne Cathedral Chapter . The election was confirmed by Cardinal Woelki. The inauguration is scheduled for September 20, 2020 as part of a chapter office in Cologne Cathedral.

As cathedral provost, Guido Assmann represents Cologne Cathedral, he and the cathedral dean are responsible for pastoral care at Cologne Cathedral and the maintenance of the house of worship and so also service supervisor for around 120 employees in the cathedral building . He is chairman of the Metropolitan or Cathedral Chapter, which also elects the Archbishop of Cologne .

Web link

  • Domradio : Appointed Provost Assmann in an interview with Ingo Brüggenjürgen (May 29, 2020) [1]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dompropst maintains contacts with home. Bergische Morgenpost - local section Radevormwald, June 5, 2020. Accessed June 7, 2020.
  2. ^ Stefan Gilsbach: Church in Radevormwald: Radevormwalder Guido Assmann becomes the new Cologne cathedral provost. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Rader Pastor visits ex-Pope. Remscheider General-Anzeiger, June 1, 2015. Accessed June 7, 2020.
  4. ^ Order of knights congratulates Msg. Guido Assmann on the election as cathedral provost. Website of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, May 30, 2020. Accessed June 7, 2020.
  5. ↑ A wistful farewell. Neuss-Greverbroicher Zeitung - Dormagen local section, August 5, 2007. Accessed June 7, 2020.
  6. ↑ Oberfarrer Msgr. Guido Assmann. Website www.katholisch-im-rhein-kreis-neuss.de . Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  7. ↑ Assmann says goodbye and wanders to Neuss. Neuss-Greverbroicher Zeitung - Grevenbroich local section, August 12, 2016. Accessed June 7, 2020.
  8. ^ Christian Hümmeler: A surprising choice Portrait of the new Provost of Cologne Cathedral, Guido Assmann. In: ksta.de, May 29, 2020.
  9. ↑ Guido Assmann becomes a non-resident cathedral chapter. Website of the Archdiocese of Cologne, January 18, 2017. Accessed June 7, 2020.
  10. ↑ Guido Assmann becomes a non-resident cathedral chapter. Website of the Archdiocese of Cologne, March 22, 2017. Accessed June 7, 2020.
  11. ↑ Monsignor Guido Assmann becomes the new cathedral provost. Cologne Cathedral website, May 29, 2020. Accessed June 7, 2020.
  12. ↑ A surprising choice - the new cathedral provost Guido Assmann in Cologne in portrait. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, May 29, 2020. Accessed June 7, 2020.
  13. ↑ Neusser Oberpfarrer becomes cathedral provost in Cologne. Neuss-Greverbroicher Zeitung - local part Neuss, May 29, 2020. Accessed June 7, 2020.
  14. ↑ Monsignor Guido Assmann becomes the new cathedral provost. Website of the Archdiocese of Cologne, May 29, 2020. Accessed June 7, 2020.
  15. ↑ erzbistum-koeln.de: Monsignor Guido Assmann will be the new cathedral provost , May 29, 2020.
  16. ↑ domradio.de: Cologne Cathedral has a new provost. Monsignor Guido Assmann will be the new Provost , May 29, 2020.
  17. ↑ wz.de: Guido Assmann, senior pastor at St. Quirin, is moving to Cologne as cathedral provost , May 30, 2020.
predecessor Office successor
Gerd Bachner Provost of Cologne Cathedral
since 2020
personal data
SURNAME Assmann, Guido
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic priest and Provost of Cologne Cathedral
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Radevormwald