Heinrich Mussinghoff

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Heinrich Mussinghoff at the second Euthymia Day 2014 in Halverde
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Heinrich Mussinghoff (born October 29, 1940 in Osterwick ) is a Roman Catholic clergyman and emeritus bishop of Aachen .

Life

Mussinghoff studied philosophy and Catholic theology in Münster and Freiburg im Breisgau . He was ordained a deacon on March 4, 1967 . On 29 June 1968 he received through the Münster Bishop Joseph Hoffner , the ordination . From 1971 to 1976 he was Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg's secretary . He received his doctorate in 1978 on the subject of theological faculties in the field of tension between state and church after the Prussian Concordat .

From 1980 Mussinghoff belonged to the Münster cathedral chapter . From 1981 to 1995 he was the official head of the Ecclesiastical Court in Münster, after completing his canon law studies at the Gregorian University in Rome. In 1990 he became provost of the cathedral in Münster.

After Klaus Hemmerle , the bishop of Aachen , died on January 23, 1994 , Pope John Paul II appointed Mussinghoff bishop of Aachen on December 12, 1994. Joachim Cardinal Meisner donated him the episcopal ordination on February 11, 1995 ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Münster, Reinhard Lettmann and the Aachen auxiliary bishop Gerd Dicke . His motto is Parate viam Domini ("Prepare the way of the Lord").

In 1998 he was appointed Grand Officer of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem by Cardinal Grand Master Carlo Cardinal Furno and invested in Mainz Cathedral on May 9, 1998 by Anton Schlembach , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy . Mussinghoff was also Prior of the Rhenish-Westphalian Order Province of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem until 2016 ; In 2016 the Archbishop of Paderborn, Hans-Josef Becker, became his successor. In 2015 he headed the investiture of the German Lieutenancy in Mainz.

From 1999 to 2011 he was deputy chairman of the German Bishops' Conference . Since 2006, Mussinghoff has been chairman of the sub-commission of Judaism in the ecumenical commission of the German Bishops' Conference, and he was also a member of the Evangelical-Catholic Contact Discussion Group.

Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on December 8, 2015.

Duties in the Roman Curia

Honors

photos

Fonts (selection)

literature

  • Dieter Wynands: A short history of the diocese of Aachen. Bishops, auxiliary bishops, vicars general. Einhard, Aachen 2012, ISBN 978-3-936342-96-3 .

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Mussinghoff  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Before his appointment as bishop, Mussinghoff generally used the first name form “Heinz” in publications, cf. Ludwig Eggers, Bibliography Bishop Dr. Heinrich Mussinghoff 1973-2004 (footnote 1).
  2. ↑ Helmuth Knörzer (Ed.): The table is set what bishops like. P. 18.
  3. ↑ Supporting Christians in the Holy Land is the main task. Diocese of Mainz , October 12, 2015, accessed on July 20, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Norbert Trelle new Vice Chairman of the DBK. kathnews.de, October 5, 2011, accessed July 20, 2016 .
  5. ^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Aachen (Germania). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 8, 2015, accessed December 8, 2015 (Italian).
  6. ↑ nouns di Membri e nella conferme Congregation for the Clergy. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 9, 2014, accessed December 8, 2015 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Klaus Hemmerle Bishop of Aachen
1994–2015 		Helmut This
personal data
SURNAME Mussinghoff, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mussinghoff, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman and emeritus Roman Catholic bishop of Aachen
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Osterwick