Harald Heinrich

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Harald Heinrich (born March 3, 1967 in Lindenberg im Allgäu ) is a German clergyman and Roman Catholic cathedral chapter and since 2012 - with an interruption of about one year during the episcopal vacancy in 2019/20 - vicar general in the diocese of Augsburg .

Life

Harald Heinrich grew up in Weißensberg in the Swabian district of Lindau . He attended the Bodensee-Gymnasium in the nearby district town of Lindau and graduated from high school there. Coming from a Catholic family that was more distant from the church, he came to the professional goal of a priestly or religious life through his religion teacher at the grammar school and open seminars offered by the diocese , the diocese of Augsburg . At the age of 19 he entered the seminary Augsburg and then studied in Augsburg and the Swiss Freiburg theology .

He was first to the deacon and on 28 June 1992 at the Great Cathedral in Augsburg priest ordained . Heinrich held his primacy in the parish church of St. Markus in Weißensberg. From 1992 to 1994 he was chaplain in the parish of St. Anton in Augsburg. From 1994 to 1997 he spent three years as a beneficiary in the parish of St. Justina in Bad Wörishofen . Subsequently, he took up his first parish position in the parish of St. Nikolaus in Pfronten , where he worked until 2008. He also served from 2003 to 2008 Mesner - Präses in Mesner Association of the deanery feet . From 2005 to 2008 he was vice dean of the Deanery in Füssen. In 2008 Heinrich was appointed cathedral vicar .

From 2008 to 2009 he was deputy personnel officer for priests and secretary of the vicar general in the diocese of Augsburg and parish administrator of the St. Gabriel branch in Deuringen . In 2009 he was appointed Cathedral Chapter. From 2009 to 2011 Heinrich was permanent advisor to the Ordinariatskonferenz and at the same time head of the Institute for Education and Supervision (House Katharina von Siena) of the Diocese of Augsburg. From 2009 to 2012 he was personnel officer for priests and also deputy vicar general. In 2010 Harald Heinrich was appointed monsignor . From 2011 to 2013 he was part-time parish administrator of the parishes in Affing and Haunswies , which he looked after together with cathedral vicar Christoph Hänsler.

As part of the restructuring of the Episcopal Ordinariate in Augsburg, he has been head of the “Personnel / Planning” department since May 2011. On June 5, 2012, Harald Heinrich was appointed vicar general in Augsburg by Bishop Konrad Zdarsa as the successor to Karlheinz Knebel , while retaining the management of the “Personnel / Planning” department. Since 2013 he has been diocesan president of the sacristan's association of the diocese of Augsburg and since 2014 spiritual with the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent von Paul in Augsburg.

In addition, Harald Heinrich has been the chairman of the Caritas Council of the Diocese of Augsburg since the beginning of 2016, succeeding Peter C. Manz .

With the retirement of Bishop Konrad Zdarsa in July 2019 Heinrich's office as vicar general expired. Diocesan administrator Bertram Meier appointed him his permanent representative during the period of the vacancy of the Augsburg bishopric. After Bertram Meier's episcopal ordination on June 7, 2020, he appointed him his vicar general.

Fonts

  • New evangelization - Church in practice. People - positions - perspectives. Festschrift for Bishop Dr. Konrad Zdarsa on his 70th birthday. Edited with Bertram Meier and Gerda Riedl . Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2014, ISBN 978-3-506-76652-6 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (ska): "I'm just not that much of a city person". In: augsburger-allgemeine.de. Augsburger Allgemeine , September 26, 2008, accessed on January 23, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Gerlinde Knoller: Vicar General Harald Heinrich: “Do not leave things to the moment” . In: The Catholic sacristan . No. 4, August / September 2017 ( information on the interview with download option at bistum-augsburg.de - interview with Harald Heinrich).
  3. ↑ a b c Biography - Cathedral Chapter Msgr. Harald Heinrich. In: bistum-augsburg.de. Diocese of Augsburg , accessed on January 23, 2018 (as of January 2018).
  4. ^ Personnel Augsburg: Heinrich is the new Caritas Council chairman. In: caritas.de. Association magazine neue caritas , November 3, 2015, accessed on January 23, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Personnel decision at episcopal ordination. In: bistum-augsburg.de. Diocese of Augsburg , June 8, 2020, accessed on June 9, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Heinrich, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, cathedral capitular and vicar general in the diocese of Augsburg
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Lindenberg in the Allgäu