Martin Grichting

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Martin Grichting (born July 22, 1967 in Zurich ) is a Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman , canon lawyer and priest in the Diocese of Chur .

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Martin Grichting studied theology and canon law in Fulda, Munich and Rome. On September 13, 1992 he received in Chur , the ordination . In 1997 he graduated from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross with the thesis “Church or Church Being? - On the problem of the relationship between Church and State in Switzerland, using the example of the Canton of Zurich " doctorate . In 2006 he completed his habilitation in canon law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich with the text “The right of disposal over church assets at the diocese and parish levels”. Grichting has been teaching canon law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome since 2008.

Martin Grichting was pastor of the Bündner Oberland community of Surcuolm (1998–2005) and as parish administrator of Obersaxen (2005–2008). In 2007 he became Vice Dean of the Surselva Dean's Office . On July 1, 2008, he was appointed Episcopal Vicar by Bishop Vitus Huonder for the coordination of the diocese leadership and the foundation system in the Diocese of Chur . He is also vice-official and resident canon in Chur and diocesan judge in the Archdiocese of Vaduz . He was called to serve as a consultor to the Congregation for the Clergy and to the Church-State Commission of the Swiss Bishops' Conference . On December 8, 2009, Bishop Vitus Huonder appointed him vicar general for the diocese of Chur. This office expired with the acceptance of the resignation of the bishop and the resulting vacancy in the diocese of Chur. However, the Apostolic Administrator Pierre Bürcher appointed Grichting as his delegate and moderator of the diocesan curia .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on January 15, 2011 to the papal honorary prelate . Grichting is honorary chaplain of the Order of Malta .

In his 2018 book On Your Own Name, On Your Own Responsibility - A Catholic Answer to Pluralism , in times of digitalization and globalization he pleads for a new definition of relationships and more separation between church and state. In his opinion, religious communities represent absolute truths, whereas the secular state is determined by democracy, equal treatment and the rule of law. The church should therefore reflect on its core mission of conveying the faith. The implementation in family, work and politics can often look different. Christianity, however, provided important prerequisites and indispensable values ​​such as human dignity, charity and peace for the community, which the state and its institutions cannot provide and guarantee themselves.

Fonts

  • Church or Church? : on the problem of the relationship between church and state in Switzerland , Universitäts-Verlag Freiburg (Switzerland) 1997, ISBN 3-7278-1107-2
  • Chiesa e stato nel cantone di Zurigo: un caso unico nel diritto ecclesiastico dello stato nei confronti della chiesa cattolica , Herder, Rome 1997, ISBN 88-85876-38-2
  • The circumscription of the dioceses: the criteria of the Second Vatican Council for ecclesiastical circumscription practice , Lang, Frankfurt 1998, ISBN 3-631-33946-1
  • The right of disposal over church assets at the diocese and parish levels , EOS, St. Ottilien 2006, ISBN 978-3-8306-7279-1
  • In your own name, on your own responsibility. A Catholic answer to pluralism , fontis, Basel 2018, ISBN 978-3-03848-143-0

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Meier: The fear of a second Haas case
  2. ↑ OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
  3. ↑ Vitus Huonder is no longer Bishop of Chur. In: tagesanzeiger.ch . May 20, 2019, accessed May 20, 2019 .
  4. ^ Delegate of the Apostolic Administrator
  5. ^ Diocese of Chur: Vicar General Grichting receives high honorary title from Pope , SR / DRS, January 15, 2011
  6. ↑ Rolf Höneisen: Whether the SRG needs it or not is not in the Bible , ideaSpektrum , Liestal April 5, 2018, pp. 8-10
personal data
SURNAME Grichting, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss theologian, Roman Catholic Episcopal Vicar in Chur
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich