Hansjörg Hofer

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Hansjörg Hofer's coat of arms.

Hansjörg Hofer (born April 14, 1952 in Stumm im Zillertal) is an Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Salzburg .

Life

After graduating from the archbishop's private grammar school Borromäum , Hofer studied Catholic theology at the University of Salzburg and the University of Innsbruck . After his ordination on June 29, 1976 in Salzburg, the Archbishop of Salzburg, Karl Berg , appointed him his private secretary and ceremonial at Salzburg Cathedral . In 1979 he received his doctorate theologiae in Salzburg . He was a cooperator in Hallein and from 1984 pastor of Mittersill and Hollersbach . In 1992 he was appointed Chancellor and Personnel Officer of the Archdiocese of Salzburg in the Episcopal Ordinariate . Hofer has been a member of the Salzburg cathedral chapter since 1992 and as a cathedral chapter he has the right to vote in the appointment of the Salzburg bishop's chair. Through Pope Benedict XVI. was appointed prelate (" papal honorary prelate ").

Archbishop Alois Kothgasser SDB appointed him vicar general on September 1, 2006 , keeping the agenda of the personnel officer of the Archdiocese of Salzburg, and thus succeeding Johann Reissmeier .

Pope Francis appointed him titular bishop of Abziri and auxiliary bishop in Salzburg on May 31, 2017 . The Archbishop of Salzburg, Franz Lackner OFM , donated him the episcopal ordination on July 9th of the same year . Co- consecrators were his predecessor Alois Kothgasser SDB and the Bishop of Feldkirch , Benno Elbs . His motto is Ad Christum . Hansjörg Hofer has been representing the Austrian Bishops 'Conference on the Board of Trustees of the church's "Victim Protection Foundation" since November 2018 and is responsible for the professional group of sextons on the part of the Bishops' Conference .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Archdiocese of Salzburg: Hansjörg Hofer is the new Vicar General" , kath.net, May 23, 2006
  2. ^ Nomina di Ausiliare di Salzburg (Austria). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 31, 2017, accessed May 31, 2017 (Italian).
  3. ↑ To be with and with people. Hansjörg Hofer was consecrated bishop in Salzburg Cathedral on Sunday. Archdiocese of Salzburg , July 9, 2017, accessed on July 10, 2017 .
  4. ↑ bischofskonferenz.at: Press releases on the autumn plenary assembly of the Austrian Bishops' Conference, November 5 to 8, 2018 in Michaelbeuern Abbey , accessed on November 9, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Hofer, Hansjörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop and vicar general of the Archdiocese of Salzburg
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Mute in the Zillertal