Heinz Josef Algermissen

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Bishop Algermissen during the Marian pilgrimage in Trutzhain 2010
Coat of arms of Bishop Heinz Josef Algermissen

Heinz Josef Algermissen (born February 15, 1943 in Hermeskeil ) is a German clergyman and emeritus Roman Catholic bishop of Fulda .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1963, he studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and the Paderborn Theological Faculty . He was ordained a deacon on April 5, 1968. On July 19, 1969, he received the sacrament of ordination through Archbishop Lorenz Cardinal Jaeger in Paderborn Cathedral . After a time as chaplain in Bielefeld and Meschede , during which he was also student chaplain at the University of Paderborn, he became pastor in Bielefeld- Schildesche in 1980 and dean there in 1984 . From 1991 he was regional dean for the deaneries in Minden- Ravensberg , Lippe and Bielefeld. From 1994 to 1998 he was also chairman of the priestly council of the Archdiocese of Paderborn .

Pope John Paul II appointed Algermissen on July 23, 1996 titular bishop of Labicum and appointed him auxiliary bishop in Paderborn . He received the episcopal ordination on September 21, 1996 by the Archbishop of Paderborn and later Cardinal Johannes Joachim Degenhardt ; Co-consecrators were the Paderborn auxiliary bishops Hans Leo Drewes and Paul Consbruch . Degenhardt appointed him episcopal vicar for the orders and in May 1999 also appointed him to the cathedral chapter . The episcopal motto Thesaurus in vasis fictilibus ("Treasure in clay (fragile) vessels") comes from the 2nd letter of Paul to the Corinthians ( 2 Cor 4,7  EU ).

On June 20, 2001, John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Fulda. The official inauguration in Fulda Cathedral took place on September 23 of the same year. After taking office, he began the pastoral process with which the diocese of Fulda is supposed to meet the personal and pastoral requirements of the 21st century.

He has been President of Pax Christi since 2002 . Since 2006, Algermissen has been the deputy chairman of the Ecumenical Commission and a member of the sub-commission for religious relations with Judaism of the German Bishops' Conference assigned to it, as well as a member of the Liturgy Commission . Algermissen is also vice president of the Maximilian Kolbe plant.

He is a member of the KDSt.V. Guestfalo-Silesia zu Paderborn (1964), the KDSt.V. Wildenstein Freiburg im Breisgau (1969) and the KDSt.V. Adolphiana Fulda (2008), all in CV . In 2003 he was invested in the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem . Bishop Algermissen is a member of the Rotary Club Bielefeld-Süd and the Kolping Society .

Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on June 5, 2018.

Positions

Protection of human life

Algermissen speaks out against abortion , active euthanasia and assisted suicide , since "God's face is reflected in human existence".

Lack of belief in the resurrection as a security risk

In January 2016, Algermissen criticized believers in Germany for being denigrated in the name of freedom of the press and freedom of expression. At the Easter fair in 2016, Algermissen described people without belief in the resurrection as a "great security risk", which earned him sharp criticism.

Rejection of gender mainstreaming

He condemned gender mainstreaming as "equalizing the gender differences", which contradicts the Catholic view of marriage and family.

Marriage only as a connection between man and woman

On October 27, 2016, the Diocese of Algermissen announced that the bishop hoped that many of the faithful would support Hedwig von Beverfoerde's European citizens' initiative , so that a uniform definition of marriage and family could be achieved in Europe that would serve the good of the people.

Parental home as an original place for sex education

Because he wants to limit sex education to the parents' home as the original place of sex education, Bishop Algermissen called in 2007 to boycott a musical organized by the Federal Center for Health Education (BzgA).

Episcopal coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Paderborn auxiliary bishop

The coat of arms of the auxiliary bishop is split and shows in front in silver / white a green vine with blue grapes, in back in red / gold a bar cross, the coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Paderborn.

Behind the shield is the bishop's cross, above it the green galero (bishop's hat ) with the six green tassels (fiocchi) hanging down.

His episcopal motto Thesaurus in vasis fictilibus ("Treasure in clay (fragile) vessels") comes from the 2nd letter of Paul to the Corinthians ( 2 Cor 4,7  EU ).

The coat of arms of the Bishop of Fulda, divided into four, shows in fields 1 and 4 in silver / white a black bar cross, the coat of arms of the diocese of Fulda ( Fürstabtei Fulda ), in field 2 in red a golden grape, in field 3 in gold a green peacock frond with a golden staff, symbol of Saint Liborius, the diocese patron of Paderborn.

Honors

Fonts

  • Edited by Pax Christi Regensburg and the working group for former forced laborers in the Evangelical Education Center Regensburg eV (with others): Encounters. With former forced laborers. Edition Buntehunde, Regensburg 2003, ISBN 3-934941-07-9
  • On the trail of the word. Pastoral letters, sermons, words of the bishop . Parzeller , Fulda 2003, ISBN 3-7900-0356-5
  • Morning star in a dark night. A companion for the Advent and Christmas season . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-451-28747-1
  • Vocabulary. Pastoral letters and sermons of the bishop . Parzeller, Fulda 2009, ISBN 978-3-7900-0419-9
  • Requests to speak in a time of transition - pastoral letters from 2001 to 2015 . Parzeller, Fulda 2015, ISBN 978-3-7900-0494-6

Web links

Commons : Heinz Josef Algermissen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Bishops' Conference: Press release of September 20, 2016 - No. 175
  2. ↑ bistum-fulda.de: Pope accepts the resignation of Fulda Bishop Heinz Josef Algermissen , June 5, 2018
  3. ↑ Christmas Sermon 2014. Accessed November 1, 2017 .
  4. ↑ http://www.katholisch.de/aktuelles/aktuelle-artikel/algermissen-beklagt-verunglimendung-glaubiger .
  5. ↑ Hannes Leitlein: Heinz Josef Algermissen: Only the others are dangerous . In: The time . No. 16/2016 ( online ).
  6. ↑ http://osthessen-news.de/n11527249/menschen-ohne-den-glauben-an-ostern-sind-ein-gro%C3%9Fes-sicherheitslösungen.html
  7. ↑ KNA: Bishop sharply condemns “gender mainstreaming”. In: FAZ.net . July 31, 2015, accessed October 13, 2018 .
  8. ↑ queer.de: Support for homophobic EU citizens' initiative. Bishop Algermissen: Restriction of gay rights serves the "good of the people" ( memento of October 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), October 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ SPON : Children and Sexuality, Bishop calls for boycott of educational musicals ( memento of October 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), October 24, 2007.
predecessor Office successor
Johannes Dyba Bishop of Fulda
2001–2018 		Michael Gerber
personal data
SURNAME Algermissen, Heinz Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic clergyman, bishop emeritus of Fulda
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Hermeskeil