Manfred Melzer

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Auxiliary Bishop Manfred Melzer (2014)

Manfred Melzer (born February 28, 1944 in Solingen-Ohligs ; † August 9, 2018 in Frechen ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Cologne .

Life

Episcopal coat of arms

After graduating from the State Quirinus Gymnasium in Neuss, Melzer studied philosophy and Catholic theology in Bonn , Freiburg im Breisgau and Cologne . From the beginning of his studies, Melzer was a member of the theological association VKTh. Burgundia in Bonn.

On February 1, 1971, Manfred Melzer was ordained a deacon by Auxiliary Bishop Augustinus Frotz . He received the sacrament of ordination on February 1, 1972 in Cologne Cathedral by Archbishop Joseph Cardinal Höffner . After a short time as chaplain at St. Adolphus in Düsseldorf , religion teacher at the Rückert-Gymnasium and as dean's youth pastor, Archbishop Joseph Cardinal Höffner from Cologne appointed him his archbishop's chaplain and secret secretary. In 1978 he was additionally appointed vicar appointed at the dome in Cologne, but remained secretary of the archbishop until his death in 1987. Three years earlier appointed him Pope John Paul II. To Monsignor . Since 1988 Melzer was pastor at St. Michael in Waldbröl . On June 9, 1995, he was appointed titular bishop of Carinola and auxiliary bishop in Cologne by Pope John Paul II . He received the episcopal ordination by the Cologne Archbishop Joachim Cardinal Meisner on September 10, 1995 in Cologne Cathedral. Co-consecrators were the Cologne auxiliary bishops Klaus Dick and Josef Plöger . Since then, Manfred Melzer has been responsible for the pastoral district in the middle of the Archdiocese of Cologne, which includes the city of Cologne , the Rhein-Erft district and the city of Leverkusen with a total of 20 deaneries . At the same time the archbishop appointed him episcopal vicar for the women's orders in the archbishopric of Cologne. In 1998 Melzer was elected to the Metropolitan Chapter.

Cardinal Rainer Woelki renewed his appointment as episcopal vicar for the women's orders on October 30, 2014 and on April 14, 2015 also appointed him as episcopal vicar for the care of elderly and sick priests.

As a member of the German Bishops' Conference , he was a member of the Pastoral Commission and the Commission for Questions of the Universal Church. From 2006 to 2011 Melzer was the representative of the Bishops' Conference for police pastoral care in the state police. Since 2011 he was head of the episcopal sub-commission for missionary issues. Manfred Melzer was chairman of the German Lourdes Association Cologne eV since 2004

Melzer was involved in numerous social projects in the Holy Land . In 1984 he was appointed Grand Officer of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem by Cardinal Grand Master Maximilien Cardinal de Fürstenberg and invested in the Würzburg Cathedral on May 19, 1984 by Franz Cardinal Hengsbach , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy . Melzer was a member of the German Association of the Holy Land .

On May 2, 2012 Melzer, himself a member of a house association of the Collegium Albertinum in Bonn, the VKTh Burgundia Bonn, was honored with the honorary membership of the Catholic student association KDStV Ripuaria Bonn , to which he had been close since his studies.

After the Pope's acceptance of Cardinal Meisner's resignation , Melzer temporarily headed the Archdiocese of Cologne as the longest-serving auxiliary bishop until the cathedral chapter elected Stefan Heße as diocesan administrator .

Pope Francis accepted Melzer's early resignation on June 5, 2015, who was described as "health-related" in a press release from the archdiocese on the same day. Melzer died on August 9, 2018 and was buried on August 20, 2018 in the canon cemetery in the east choir of Cologne Cathedral.

  • 1994 in Waldbröl

  • 1994 in Waldbröl

  • On June 11th, 2008 in Rome, pilgrimage of the Catholic police chaplaincy Cologne

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Long-standing auxiliary bishop of Cologne has died. In: domradio.de. August 9, 2018, accessed August 9, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b www.burgundia-bonn.de ( Memento of the original from September 25, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.burgundia-bonn.de
  3. ↑ Archbishopric Cologne, Official Gazette December 2014, p. 242.
    Kölner Personalentscheidungen. Domradio , April 14, 2015, accessed on April 14, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Bishop becomes police chaplain ( memento of September 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), press release on the Vatican Radio website , December 13, 2011
  5. ^ Auxiliary Bishop Manfred Melzer Honorary Member of the KDStV Ripuaria Bonn ( Memento from December 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 31, 2014.
  6. ^ Cardinal Meisner emeritus ( Memento from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Archdiocese of Cologne
  7. ↑ Melzer heads the Archdiocese of Cologne ( Memento from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) / [1] on the website of the Archdiocese of Cologne
  8. ^ Rinuncia di Ausiliare di Köln (Germania). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 5, 2015, accessed June 5, 2015 (Italian).
  9. ^ Farewell to auxiliary bishop Manfred Melzer. Archdiocese of Cologne, January 10, 2016, accessed on August 10, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Believers say goodbye to Auxiliary Bishop Melzer . ( erzbistum-koeln.de [accessed on August 20, 2018]).

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SURNAME Melzer, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Cologne
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Solingen-Ohligs
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 2018
Place of death Cheeky