Ludger Jonas

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Cathedral Chapter Ludger Jonas (right) in conversation with Bishop Felix Genn .

Ludger Jonas (born February 8, 1957 in Waltrop ) is a German Catholic pastor and cathedral chapter of the Münster diocese .

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Ludger Jonas was born on February 8, 1957 in Waltrop and grew up in Cappenberg . After attending the St. Christophorus grammar school in Werne , Jonas studied theology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster from the 1977 winter semester and from 1979 to 1980 at the University of Regensburg . He passed his diploma in theology on August 12, 1982 at the Catholic Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelmsuniversität. After completing the Diakonatskurses in the Episcopal Seminary of Münster, he was on 9 January 1983 by Bishop Reinhard Lettman the deacon ordained. This was followed by a one-year diaconate in the parish of St. Laurentius, Langförden in the Oldenburger Münsterland . After the ordination on June 10, 1984 in St. Paulus Cathedral in Münster, followed years of chaplaincy at St. Mauritius in Ibbenbüren (1984–1988) and St. Bartholomäus in Ahlen (1988–1993).

From 1993 to 2011 Ludger Jonas was pastor of St. Dionysius in Recke (Westf.)

On November 28, 1993 Jonas was introduced as pastor of St. Dionysius in Recke . From August 15, 1998 to August 15, 2010 he was also dean of the Mettingen dean's office .

In addition to his theological training, Ludger Jonas completed training in analytical group psychotherapy at the University of Hamburg ( University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf ) and in the department of marriage, family and life counseling in the Diocese of Osnabrück from 1987 to 1989 . From 1992 to 1996 he trained as a marriage, family and life counselor at the Catholic Federal Association for Advice

On December 13, 2007, Ludger Jonas was welcomed by Bishop Dr. Lettmann appointed non-resident cathedral capitular at St. Paulus Cathedral in Münster. The cathedral chapter, which forms the closest circle of the diocese leadership and also elects a new bishop, consists of ten resident (that is, those who live at the bishopric) and six non-resident cathedral chapter members. In this function he was also involved in the election of Lettmann's successor in the episcopate, Dr. Felix Genn , involved.

Since September 11, 2011, Jonas was appointed pastor of the Bockum-Höveler parish of the Holy Spirit. The diocese and the parish agreed on this in March 2011. After a dispute in the parish and a petition supported by 500 parishioners for the whereabouts of another pastor in the parish who was to be transferred, Jonas resigned on November 24, 2017 from his position as lead pastor back. Since August 2018 he has been pastor of the parish of St. Margaretha in Emstek .

In pastoral care, Jonas places particular emphasis on working with families and stands for a presence of the Church in the world of work. As a sign of solidarity with the people working in the mining industry, he has been organizing mine trips to the Ibbenbüren mine for priests of the Mettingen dean's office for years . He is also considered to be a sponsor of hospice work and, among other things, brought the ecumenical hospice foundation Haus St. Benedikt to life in Recke in early 2007 .

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  1. ↑ Rainer Irmgedruth becomes dean. In: Ems-Zeitung , August 6, 2010, accessed on July 31, 2020.
  2. ^ Report by the Westphalian Gazette of March 16, 2011.
  3. ^ Church + Life : Ludger Jonas resigns as pastor in Hamm-Bockum-Hövel . ( kirche-und-leben.de [accessed on November 25, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Ludger Jonas is now pastor in Emstek. In: Kirche + Leben , August 25, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Jonas, Ludger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic pastor and cathedral capitular
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Waltrop