Helmut Hempfer

Helmut Hempfer (born October 2, 1928 in Haag ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian , pastor i. R.

Life

Helmut Hempfer studied philosophy and theology at the Philosophical-Theological University of Freising , later at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University and at the Ducal Georgianum in Munich . Cardinal Joseph Wendel ordained him on June 29, 1954 in Freising Cathedral as a priest for the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising . From 1954 to 1958 he was a chaplain in St. Nikolaus in Mühldorf , and from 1958 to 1962 as a chaplain in St. Ludwig in Munich.

From 1962 to 1969 he was the archbishop's secretary and worked closely with Cardinal Julius Döpfner , at the same time as Gerhard Gruber . At the time of the Second Vatican Council , Gruber was mainly entrusted with Roman affairs, Hempfer with the affairs of the archdiocese. Helmut Hempfer accompanied Julius Döpfner from June 19 to 21, 1963 to the conclave that Pope Paul VI. chose.

From 1969 to 1976 he was parish priest of St. Clemens in Munich, from 1976 to 1999 parish priest of St. Ludwig in Munich.

From January 12, 1978 to August 31, 1999, Hempfer headed the archbishopric dean's office at Munich-Schwabing as dean for several terms. 1979–1983 he was a member of the 4th Council of Priests of the Archdiocese.

Since the beginning of his retirement, from 1999 to 2005 he performed part-time priestly service in a retirement home. In addition, he worked on a voluntary basis in the direction of lectures at the senior citizens' course at Ludwig Maximilians University, which was initiated by Eugen Biser after his retirement in 1987 and led until 2007. Since then he has been working part-time in the pastoral care of the Cathedral of Our Lady .

Awards

• Chaplain to His Holiness through Pope Paul VI. (October 28, 1968)
• Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (June 23, 1983)
• Papal Honorary Prelate by John Paul II (May 6, 1992)
• Monument Protection Medal for 1997 (May 15, 1998)

Fonts (selection)

Books

• with Peter Pfister (ed.): St. Ludwig in Munich. 150 years of the parish 1844–1994. With contributions by: Georg Schwaiger , Manfred Weitlauff , Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz , Frank Büttner, Eugen Biser, Peter Pfister, Helmut Hempfer and a foreword by Cardinal Friedrich Wetter , Weißenhorn (Bavaria) 1994, ISBN 3-87437-357-6 .
• (Ed.): In the area of ​​tension between church and society, between faith and science. 150 years of St. Ludwig, sermons and speeches. With contributions from: Cardinal Friedrich Wetter , Auxiliary Bishop Engelbert Siebler , Ehrenfried Schulz , Weißenhorn 1994.
• Our Ludwigskirche in Munich. Signposts for girls and boys. Munich 1994.
• In memoriam. A piece of pastoral history in the parish of St. Ludwig in Munich. Munich 1996.
• (Ed.): St. Ludwig in Munich. Weekday chapel. With contributions by: Ludwig Spaenle , Martin Spaenle, Jochem Poensgen. Munich 1997.
• St. Ludwig in Munich. Renovation, liturgical device, vestments. Weißenhorn 1998, ISBN 3-87437-420-3 .

Contributions

• The parish of St. Ludwig today. In: Helmut Hempfer, Peter Pfister (ed.): St. Ludwig in Munich. 150 years of the parish 1844–1994. Weißenhorn (Bayern) 1994, ISBN 3-87437-357-6 , pp. 217-276.
• St. Ludwig today. A parish introduces itself. In: Peter Pfister, Klaus Rupprecht, Marita Sagstetter (eds.): St. Ludwig in Munich. Church politics, church building and church life. An exhibition by the Bavarian Main State Archives and the parish of St. Ludwig on the 150th anniversary of the foundation by King Ludwig I, Munich, September 19–5. November 1995 (= exhibition catalogs of the Bavarian State Archives. No. 35). Munich 1995, ISBN 3-921635-35-7 , pp. 289-304.
• Books - and nothing else? The importance of the Catholic public library St. Ludwig for pastoral care in St. Ludwig. In: Katholische Pfarrgemeinde St. Ludwig, Ulrich Babinsky (Hrsg.): One hundred years of the Catholic public library St. Ludwig 1904-2004. Munich 2004, pp. 16-27.
• Professor Eugen Biser on his 85th birthday. In: Ulrich Babinsky (Ed.): Catholic parish of St. Ludwig / "Trombone" - parish news St. Ludwig. No. 1/2003, Munich 2003, pp. 3-11.
• The university service with Eugen Biser. A precious hour. In: Eugen Biser Foundation (ed.): Dialogue from a Christian origin. Five years of the Eugen Biser Foundation. Limburg 2008, 74-82.

literature

• Ulrich Babinsky (ed.): A lively parish. St. Ludwig in Munich. Helmut Hempfer on his eightieth birthday. Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8316-0839-3 , pp. 79–122 ( online ; PDF; 267 kB).