Heribert Schmitz (theologian, 1932)

Prelate Heribert Schmitz (born January 15, 1932 in Warburg ; † August 12, 2013 ) was a Catholic theologian . From 1980 to 2007 he was cathedral capitular at Paderborn Cathedral .

Life

After studying theology in Paderborn, Münster and at the Pontifical Gregorian University , Heribert Schmitz was ordained a priest on October 10, 1959 in Rome . There he received his doctorate in dogmatics in 1964 . Back in his home diocese , he was initially employed as vicar in Erwitte from 1964 to 1966 and as sub-rain of the archbishop's seminary in Paderborn until 1971 . Its management ( Regens ) was entrusted to him by Archbishop Lorenz Cardinal Jaeger , which he exercised for just over two decades. At the same time he was responsible for training and accompanying the permanent deacons and as a pastor for the deaf in the Archdiocese of Paderborn until 2004 . From 1980 to 2007 he was a member of the Paderborn Metropolitan Chapter , in which he has been the cathedral dean at Paderborn Cathedral since 1990 . From 1993 to 2007 he was a real clergyman and head of liturgy in the Vicariate General. He has also made an outstanding contribution to the academic analysis of Liborius veneration in Europe.

Honors

Papal Honorary Prelate (1977)
Apostolic Protonotary (2005)

Footnotes

^ Hans Jürgen Brandt, Karl Hengst : History of the Archdiocese of Paderborn . Vol. 4: The Diocese of Paderborn 1930–2010 , Bonifatius-Verlag, Paderborn 2014, ISBN 978-3-89710-004-6 , p. 153.

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personal data
SURNAME	Schmitz, Heribert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman Catholic priest, cathedral capitular
DATE OF BIRTH	January 15, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Warburg
DATE OF DEATH	August 12, 2013
Place of death	Paderborn

[1] Hans Jürgen Brandt, Karl Hengst : History of the Archdiocese of Paderborn . Vol. 4: The Diocese of Paderborn 1930–2010 , Bonifatius-Verlag, Paderborn 2014, ISBN 978-3-89710-004-6 , p. 153.