Karl-Heinz Wiesemann

Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (2008)

Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (2017)

Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (born August 1, 1960 in Herford ) has been Bishop of Speyer since 2007 .

Life

Bishop Wiesemann as a participant in the Brilon Schnadezug

Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, who grew up in Enger in East Westphalia as the third of four children and completed his Abitur at Widukind-Gymnasium Enger (WGE), studied Catholic theology and philosophy in Paderborn and Rome from 1979 to 1986 . He completed his training with the licentiate examination and received the sacrament of ordination by Franz Cardinal König on October 10, 1985 in Rome . From 1986 to 1990 he worked as a vicar in Geseke . He then completed a doctoral degree at the Gregoriana in Rome, which he completed in 1995 with a thesis on Karl Adam , Romano Guardini and Erich Przywara . From 1994 to 1999 Wiesemann worked as a parish administrator and pastor in St. Maria Magdalena in Menden - Bösperde , before he became provost of the parish of St. Petrus and Andreas in Brilon in 1999 . Pope John Paul II appointed Wiesemann titular bishop of Macriana Minor on July 4, 2002 and appointed him auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Paderborn . The episcopal ordination donated to him on September 8, 2002 at Paderborn Cathedral Joachim Wanke , Bishop of Erfurt , as well as the co-consecrators Hans-Josef Becker , the former diocesan administrator and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn and later archbishop of Paderborn, and Paul Consbruch , Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn. Wiesemann's motto is Maior omni laude (“greater than all praise”).

In addition to his office as auxiliary bishop in Paderborn, he was also active in the training of priests and for the congregation for institutes of consecrated life and for societies of apostolic life . In 2003 he was appointed cathedral capital. From 2004 he was Episcopal Vicar for the training of priests and vocations as well as for society, science and culture.

In 2004 he was appointed Grand Officer of the Knightly Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem by Cardinal Grand Master Carlo Cardinal Furno and invested in the Papal Lay Order on April 24, 2004 by Anton Schlembach , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy .

On December 19, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . as successor to Anton Schlembach as Bishop of Speyer ; Wiesemann's solemn inauguration in Speyer Cathedral took place on March 2, 2008.

From October 7, 2011, Wiesemann was chairman of the youth commission of the German Bishops' Conference . He gave up this office when he was elected to succeed Cardinal Emeritus Karl Lehmann at the head of the Faith Commission on September 20, 2016 . He is also a member of the Commission for Ecumenism .

On July 1, 2017, Wiesemann celebrated the pontifical requiem for the late Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl in the presence of 1,500 invited guests, including numerous (former) high-ranking German and international government representatives . In his sermon he praised Kohl as a "truly great statesman" who lived and acted from a "wise and universal horizon" .

Episcopal coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Bishop of Speyer

The personal coat of arms is quartered . In field  1 it shows the diocese coat of arms of Speyer as a silver cross on a blue background, and diagonally in field 4 as a gold cross on a red background, the “Paderborn Cross” of the home diocese of Wiesemann. In field 2 there is a harp on a golden background as David's instrument for the sung praise of God and the love of music, in field 3 three heart-shaped water lily leaves symbolize the Holy  Trinity and at the same time the coat of arms of Enger , the home town of the bishop.

His Latin motto MAIOR OMNI LAUDE (“Greater than all praise”) is the centerpiece of the second stanza from the Eucharistic hymn Lauda Sion , which comes from Thomas Aquinas . This indicates that the Bishop is entrusted in a special way with the mystery of the Eucharist , by which the Church lives. It must be his concern that the praise of God does not fall silent in his churches.

Positions (selection)

In January 2014, Wiesemann advocated the admission of married priests to the Roman Catholic Church.

Private

Karl-Heinz Wiesemann's sister is the Göttingen medical professor Claudia Wiesemann .

Since 2006 he has been an honorary member of the Paderborn CV association KDSt.V. Guestfalo-Silesia .

Karl-Heinz Wiesemann is an avid piano player.

Works

• Karl-Heinz Wiesemann: “A shattering chord”: the interplay of theology and mysticism in Karl Adam, Romano Guardini and Erich Przywara as a theological fugue. Echter, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3429021839 .
• Brigitte Trilling, Karl-Heinz Wiesemann: With Jesus on the way. Bonifatius-Druckerei, Paderborn 2002, ISBN 3897101963 .

literature

• Gerhard Best, Michael Feldmann, Ralf Preker (eds.): 350 years of pilgrimage to the Virgin Mary Werl. Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2011, ISBN 978-3-89710-482-2 , p. 118.

Web links

Commons : Karl-Heinz Wiesemann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Karl-Heinz Wiesemann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry on Karl-Heinz Wiesemann on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 25, 2017.
• Portrait of Wiesemann on the occasion of his appointment as bishop on the homepage of the Diocese of Speyer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ordination to the priestly jubilee in Rome ( Memento of January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Diocese of Speyer.
2. ^ Inauguration of Bishop Dr. Karl-Heinz Wiesemann on March 2, 2008 in the Speyer Cathedral ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Speyer diocese.
3. ↑ KNA : Speyer bishop takes over chairmanship of the faith commission . In: Die Rheinpfalz , complete edition . No. 221 . Ludwigshafen September 21, 2016, p. 2 .
4. ↑ FAZ.NET of July 1, 2017, accessed on July 2, 2017, 6.15 a.m.
5. ↑ Pfälzischer Merkur.de: He has an open ear for criticism of church attitudes , January 2014

predecessor	Office	successor
Anton Schlembach	Bishop of Speyer since 2008	...