Klaus Pfeffer (clergyman)

Klaus Pfeffer (born December 5, 1963 in Werdohl ) is a German Roman Catholic clergyman and vicar general of the diocese of Essen .

Life

Pfeffer grew up in Neuenrade . From 1983 to 1985 he did a traineeship at the Werdohl daily newspaper Süderländer Volksfreund . From 1985 he studied theology in Bochum and Innsbruck.

He was ordained a priest on June 5, 1992. After that he was chaplain for three years in the parish of St. Josef in Essen- Frintrop . In 1995/1996 he attended the introductory course for youth pastoral care at the Don Bosco youth pastoral institute, Benediktbeuern. From 1996 to 2000 he was city youth pastor and city pastor of the BDKJ for the area of ​​the city of Duisburg . From February 1, 1997 he was a subsidiary in St. Barbara, Duisburg-Hamborn. From mid-2000 to 2010 he was rector of the St. Altfrid youth education center in Essen-Kettwig and rector ecclesiae of the chapel there.

From April 1, 2005 to November 1, 2011 he was diocesan commissioner for public broadcasting .

From January 1, 2006 he was diocesan youth pastor and head of the Department for Children and Youth / Episcopal Youth Welfare Office in Department 1 of the Episcopal Vicariate General . On September 5, 2010 he was appointed Deputy Head of Human Resources. On October 1, 2010 he became vicar of the cathedral in Essen . On January 1, 2011, he was appointed a member of the task force in accordance with the rules of procedure in the event of sexual abuse of minors by clergymen, members of the order in an appointment or commissioning relationship, employees in the church service, as well as by persons working in the church sector . He became the resident cathedral capitular of the high cathedral church in Essen on June 2nd, 2011. On July 1st, 2011 he became deputy general vicar and human resources officer for pastoral staff. On February 29, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . to the Papal Honorary Chaplain . On November 1, 2012 he became vicar general and moderator of the Episcopal Curia.

Web links

• spiegel.de May 10, 2020: Interview (see also Gerhard Ludwig Müller # Public Support for Conspiracy Theories on the Corona Crisis )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography Vicar General Pfeffer. October 28, 2015, accessed July 28, 2018 .