Matthias Ring
Matthias Franz Johann Ring (born February 22, 1963 in Wallenfels , Kronach district in Bavaria ) has been the tenth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Old Catholics in Germany since March 20, 2010 .
Life
From 1969 to 1973 he attended elementary school in Wallenfels, from 1973 to 1977 the Kaspar-Zeuss-Gymnasium Kronach and from 1977 to 1982 the Frankenwald-Gymnasium Kronach.
From 1982 to 1988, Ring studied Catholic theology at the University of Bamberg , followed by two semesters of Old Catholic Theology at the University of Bonn . On October 25, 1991, he passed the supplementary examination in the subject of Old Catholic Theology.
On May 13, 1989, Ring was ordained a deacon by Bishop Sigisbert Kraft and installed in the parishes of Würzburg and Nuremberg . After his ordination on November 18, 1989, he was pastor of the parishes of Regensburg and Passau from October 1993 with his official seat in Regensburg.
From April 1, 2000 to August 31, 2005, Ring was employed as a research assistant at the Old Catholic Seminary at the University of Bonn. At the same time he was director of the Episcopal Seminary of the Old Catholic Church in Bonn.
From 1999, Ring was enrolled as a doctoral student at the Christian Catholic Theological Faculty in Bern . On June 8, 2006 Matthias Ring became Catholic and German with his dissertation . The old Catholic Church in Germany and National Socialism doctorate in theology.
On September 1, 2005, Ring resumed his ministry as pastor in Regensburg.
Before his election as bishop, Ring was known in the diocese as editor-in-chief and author of numerous articles in the church newspaper Christen heute , as president of the Bavarian regional synodal council and as chairman of the finance commission of the German diocese. He resigned these functions after his election as bishop.
bishop
On November 7th, 2009 he was elected to the successor of Joachim Vobbe at an extraordinary bishopric synod in the palace church in Mannheim in the third ballot with 73 of 118 votes and on March 20th, 2010 in the Protestant city church in Karlsruhe in the presence of numerous guests, so the State rabbi Walter Homolka , ordained bishop and introduced into his office as the tenth bishop of the Old Catholics in Germany. The main consecrator was his predecessor, the ninth bishop of the Old Catholics in Germany, Joachim Vobbe, who resigned for health reasons. Co-consecrators were the Archbishop of Utrecht Joris Vercammen and the Bishop of Haarlem Dick Schoon .
Publications
- My personal faith and the faith of the church. I + us. A word from the bishop to the congregations. Pastoral letter. Alt-Katholischer Bistumsverlag, Bonn 2016, ISBN 978-3-934610-78-1 .
- Catholic and German. The Old Catholic Church in Germany and National Socialism. Alt-Katholischer Bistumsverlag, Bonn 2008, ISBN 978-3-934610-35-4 .
- With Angela Berlis (ed.): Anchor in Heaven. Conjectures about Church in the Future. Alt-Katholischer Bistumsverlag, Bonn 2007, ISBN 978-3-934610-66-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Matthias Ring in the catalog of the German National Library
- Press release about Matthias Ring (pdf; 18 kB)
- Report in the Protestant church newspaper Our Church on November 9, 2009, accessed on February 23, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scitis illum dignum esse? - Can you testify that he is worthy? Election of bishops in Mannheim ; News from November 7, 2009
- ↑ Christian Edringer: Old Catholics in Germany choose Bishop ; Press release of the Old Catholic Church from November 11, 2009
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Joachim Vobbe |
German Old Catholic Bishop 2010– |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ring, Matthias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ring, Matthias Franz Johann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Old Catholic Bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wallenfels |