Hans-Martin Weiss

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Hans-Martin Weiss (2017)

Hans-Martin Weiss (born June 30, 1957 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg ) is a German theologian and was regional bishop in the Protestant church district of Regensburg from 2004 to 2019 . During his activity he was employed throughout Bavaria ; In 1983 he received his doctorate in theology from the University of Bamberg .

Life

Hans-Martin Weiss as guest preacher at the mountain service on the Silberberg near Bodenmais, 2013.

Hans-Martin Weiss comes from a family of church musicians. After being in Erlangen , Bonn and Vienna Protestant theology had studied, he became vicar in the parish Ebersberg . In 1983 he wrote his doctoral thesis on a topic of church history at the university . On January 15, 1984 he was ordained in Fürth . 1986 to 1990 he worked at the University of Bamberg as a student pastor . From 1990 he took over the first pastor's position in Munich-Pasing at the Ascension Church . When the Vice-Dean's Office Munich-West was founded, he was appointed Dean . The Oberkirchenrat took up his position as regional bishop on April 1, 2004 in Regensburg as the successor to Helmut Millauer. On January 30, 2005, Weiss was elected chairman of the regional association of Bavaria in the Working Group of Christian Churches in Germany at the Freising delegates' conference . On November 14, 2008, he succeeded the Oberkirchenrat Claus-Jürgen Roepke as President of the Martin Luther Association . On February 8, 2015, he announced his resignation from this position. On July 21, 2019, he was retired as regional bishop at the age of 62 for health reasons.

Last professional activity

From 2016 to 2019 Hans-Martin Weiss worked with a speaker Rainer Höfelschweiger (from 2006 to 2016 Werner Thiede ) and two secretaries in the office in Regensburg as the superior of eight deans from the church district.

Trivia

Hans-Martin Weiss also joined sporty in appearance: He was an avid amateur football and heard regularly broadcast today at the stadium in Bayerischer Rundfunk of Fritz Hausmann . Weiss was particularly pleased that Hausmann was a member of his community during his time in Munich.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Report in the Mittelbayerische Zeitung : Bischof typed the world champion correctly from June 17, 2018 vol. 74, no. 162, p. 23.
  2. ^ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Speech by Regensburg Mayor Hans Schaidinger on Weiss' 50th birthday@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.regensburg.de
  3. a b c Report in the Mittelbayerische Zeitung : The era of white is now over on July 22, 2019, vol. 75, no. 167, p. 8.
  4. a b c d Information about Weiss on the website of the church district Regensburg (accessed on August 28, 2011)
  5. List of persons on the website of AcK Bayern ( Memento from September 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  6. "Regional Bishop Hans-Martin Weiss new to the board of AcK-Bavaria" at the Evangelical Press Association for Bavaria ( Memento from October 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  7. "Dr. Hans-Martin Weiss elected as the new President of the Martin Luther Association "on the Internet presence of the Martin Luther Association in the section" Current " (accessed on August 28, 2011)
  8. Dr. Hans-Martin Weiss resigns as President of the Martin-Luther-Bund , martin-luther-bund.de
  9. ^ Passauer Neue Presse: In future advisor to the regional bishop . In: Eggenfelden - News - Newspaper - Rottaler Anzeiger . ( pnp.de [accessed on March 8, 2017]).
  10. Werner Thiede's curriculum vitae on his website (accessed on August 28, 2011)
  11. Office directory on the website of the church district Regensburg ( Memento from January 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )