Herbert Michel

Herbert Michel (born February 14, 1934 in Düsseldorf ; † August 28, 2002 in Cologne ) was a Roman Catholic prelate .

Life

Herbert Michel entered the Collegium Albertinum after graduating from Görres-Gymnasium in Düsseldorf and studied theology and philosophy in Bonn and Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1960 he received by Cardinal Joseph Frings the priesthood . He was initially a chaplain in the parish of St. Marien in Velbert . In 1962 he became an assistant in the Archbishop's General Vicariate in Cologne. From 1964 to 1969 he studied canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome . In 1969 he became of Peter Nettekoven brought as a secretary in the Cologne Generalvikariat, at the same time was made by Archbishop Joseph Hoffner was appointed vicar at the cathedral .

Since 1970 Herbert Michel was General Secretary of the German Association of the Holy Land . As successor to Bernhard Hanssler , he was interim rector of the Campo Santo Teutonico , the German College in the Vatican , from 1974 to 1976 . In 1976 he took over as the successor to Joseph Teusch , the initiator of the aid organizations MISEREOR and ADVENIAT as well as promoter of the Cologne aid missions in Japan and Brazil , the head of the main department “World Church World Mission” in the Archdiocese of Cologne. He was also a member of the Archbishop's Council. In 1978 he became diocesan director of the papal work missio . In 1985 he was elected cathedral capital.

In 1971 he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem by Cardinal Grand Master Eugène Cardinal Tisserant and invested in the Konstanz Minster on May 15, 1971 by Lorenz Cardinal Jaeger , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy . He was a Grand Officer of the Order.

Michel was buried in the canon cemetery behind the east choir of Cologne Cathedral. Joachim Cardinal Meisner led the exequies in the presence of Gregory III. Laham , the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch and Peter Seiichi Cardinal Shirayanagi , Archbishop of Tokyo.

Act

Michael was known as a pilgrim and regularly visited Fatima, Lourdes, Guadeloupe in Mexico, Aparecida in Brazil and above all Jerusalem. He was committed to the formation of priests in Brazil and was well versed in South America. He had a deep relationship with the Catholic Church in Japan, especially with Sophia University in Tokyo . Long before the fall of the Berlin Wall, he initiated an aid fund for Christians in Central and Eastern Europe. He was also considered a crisis manager for the Archdiocese of Cologne.

The sentence “Ne, wat ham mer en beautiful religion” is one of Herbert Michel's well-known quotes.

honors and awards

Knight of the Holy Sepulcher (1971; Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief with Star)

Appointment as chaplain of His Holiness ( Monsignore ) by Pope Paul VI. (1973)

Dome of Honor of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem

Dome of Honor of the Cathedral of Campania

Appointed Archimandrite of the Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Appointment as papal honorary prelate by Pope John Paul II (1983)

Appointment as papal protonotary by Pope John Paul II (1999)

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Biography in: Klaus Luhmer: From Cologne to Tokyo: Memoirs of a Japan Missionary 1916, to 2009 , Bachem 2009, page 184 ff.

Web links

Sermon by Joachim Cardinal Meisner on the occasion of the exequies of Prelate Herbert Michel in the High Cathedral in Cologne on September 6, 2002 (pdf)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Cathedral Chapter Herbert Michel passed away ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press Office of the Archdiocese of Cologne , August 2002 @1@ 2

^ Things gone , Der Spiegel 23/1974, June 3, 1974

↑ ^a ^b Sermon by Joachim Cardinal Meisner on the occasion of the exequies of Prelate Herbert Michel in the High Cathedral in Cologne on September 6, 2002 ( Memento of the original of February 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf) @1@ 2

↑ "Ne, wat ham mer en beautiful religion" Prelate Erich Läufer, long-time editor-in-chief of the KiZ, celebrated his 80th birthday , church newspaper for the Archdiocese of Cologne, 2007

personal data
SURNAME	Michel, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Roman Catholic prelate
DATE OF BIRTH	February 14, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH	August 28, 2002
Place of death	Cologne

[ebk-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Cathedral Chapter Herbert Michel passed away ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press Office of the Archdiocese of Cologne , August 2002 @1@ 2

[2] Things gone , Der Spiegel 23/1974, June 3, 1974

[Exequien-3] Sermon by Joachim Cardinal Meisner on the occasion of the exequies of Prelate Herbert Michel in the High Cathedral in Cologne on September 6, 2002 ( Memento of the original of February 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf) @1@ 2

[4] "Ne, wat ham mer en beautiful religion" Prelate Erich Läufer, long-time editor-in-chief of the KiZ, celebrated his 80th birthday , church newspaper for the Archdiocese of Cologne, 2007