Paul-Heinz Guntermann
Paul-Heinz Guntermann (born December 14, 1930 in Fredeburg ; † May 3, 2006 in Cologne ) was a German priest. He was a consultant in the Catholic Foreign Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference and its director from 1981 to 1993.
Life
Guntermann was born in the Sauerland, where he grew up and also went to school. After graduating from high school, he entered the Dominican Order in 1951 . After the novitiate in Warburg, he studied philosophy and theology at the Philosophical-Theological College of the Dominicans in Walberberg .
He made his profession on May 14, 1952, and was ordained a priest on July 25, 1957 in Cologne by Josef Cardinal Frings .
Guntermann's first pastoral activity was from 1957 to 1958 as a chaplain in Meckinghoven. From 1959 on he worked with Father Johannes Leppich SJ on “action 365”. This activity led him abroad, especially lecturing in the United States of America.
In 1973 he became a consultant in the foreign secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference . In 1981 Cardinal Döpfner entrusted him with the management of the foreign secretariat, an activity that he carried out until 1993. In this function he visited all German congregations abroad. After the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, he was able to found many new congregations abroad. In 1977 he was appointed consultor of the “Pontifical Commission for People on the Move” in Rome.
In 1994 he took over the pastors' posts in Döbriach and Kaning in Carinthia, and in 1995 he was also the monastery pastor of Millstatt. In 1998, Bishop Kapellari appointed him Episcopal Consistorial Councilor in the Gurk / Klagenfurt diocese . In 2004 he returned to Cologne to the Holy Cross Convent, to which he had belonged since 1959.
His close ties to the city of Cologne were expressed in his involvement with the Cologne carnival society, Blaue Funken . Here he became field chaplain in 1977 , most recently an honorary field chaplain .
Guntermann died on May 3, 2006 in Cologne .
Awards
- Large Federal Cross of Merit (1978)
- Golden Diesel Ring (1983) for services in the field of road safety.
- European wine knight
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guntermann, Paul-Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fredeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 2006 |
| Place of death | Cologne |