Hans Langendörfer

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Hans Langendörfer SJ (born November 25, 1951 in Bonn ) is a German Jesuit and secretary of the German Bishops' Conference .

Life

Hans Langendörfer was born in 1951 as the son of the medical doctor Günter Langendörfer in Bonn, his grandfather was the Bonn City Director Johannes Langendörfer. After graduating from Beethoven-Gymnasium Bonn , he entered the Jesuit order in 1972 and was ordained a priest in 1979 after studying philosophy , politics and theology in Munich and Frankfurt am Main . From 1981 to 1986 he was a research assistant in the project "Ethical Problems of Security Policy" at the University of Bonn and received his doctorate in moral theology with the dissertation Atomic Deterrence and Church Ethics of Peace , supervised by Franz Böckle . From 1987 to 1989 he was a research assistant in the Federal Chancellery and then became head of the "Jesuit Foyer" in Bonn.

On February 27, 1996, he was elected to succeed Prelate Wilhelm Schätzler as the fourth secretary of the German Bishops' Conference and took up this office on July 1 of the same year. Since then he has been confirmed in this office several times.

On February 25, 2020, Hans Langendörfer announced in an interview that he would not be available for re-election as secretary of the Bishops 'Conference at the spring plenary meeting of the Bishops' Conference in March 2020 after more than 20 years in office. At the spring general assembly, however, it was announced that Langendörfer would remain in office for a few months, at the latest until the end of 2020.

Awards

Fonts

  • Nuclear deterrence and church ethics of peace. An investigation into the latest Catholic peace pronouncements and the ethical problems of today's security policy. Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz / Chr. Kaiser Verlag, Munich 1987. (= Development and Peace: Scientific Series; Volume 46).
  • Building bridges. On the dialogue between church and politics . In: Die Neue Gesellschaft / Frankfurter Hefte , March 1997.
  • The Catholic Church in Germany - Perspectives at the turn of the 21st century . In: Werner Schreer , Georg Steins (Ed.): To be a church in a new way. Realities - challenges - changes. Festschrift for Bishop Dr. Josef Homeyer . Bernward at Don Bosco, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7698-1184-4 , pp. 224-237.
  • Tradition and program. What gives political orientation beyond everyday life? In: Wolfgang Thierse (Hrsg.): Religion is not a private matter. Patmos, Düsseldorf 2000, ISBN 3-491-72430-9 , pp. 133-145.
  • Thank you Benedict . Herder Verlag , Freiburg im Breisgau 2013, ISBN 978-3-451-33407-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Deckers : Hans Langendörfer - Loyal and secretive . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ jesuiten.org: Langendörfer announces resignation, February 25, 2020.
  3. ↑ Confirmed in office. In: domradio.de. March 3, 2020, accessed July 20, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Article: Federal Cross of Merit for Hans Langendörfer from October 9, 2008 on medals, accessed online on October 9, 2008

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personal data
SURNAME Langendörfer, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Jesuit and secretary of the German Bishops' Conference
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn