Paul Hinder

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Bishop Paul Hinder
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Paul Hinder OFMCap (born April 22, 1942 in Lanterswil-Stehrenberg in the municipality of Bussnang , Canton Thurgau , Switzerland ) is a Swiss religious and apostolic vicar in the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia . Since April 2020 he has also been in charge of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia and is therefore responsible for all of Arabia.

Life

Paul Hinder grew up with his three brothers Wilhelm, Pius and Josef in Stehrenberg near Weinfelden . He entered the Capuchin Order in 1962 , made his profession on September 18, 1966 , studied at the Capuchin theological seminary in Solothurn and was ordained a priest there on July 4, 1967 . Paul Hinder was at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) with a thesis on the fundamental rights in the church when canons Eugenio Corecco , from 1986 Bishop of Lugano PhD .

After several years of pastoral care and as head of the novitiate , he became regional superior of the German-speaking Swiss Capuchins and in 1989 provincial of the Swiss Capuchins. In 1994 Paul Hinder was elected to the General Council of the Capuchin Order with responsibility for the German and French-speaking provinces as well as for the Capuchins in the Middle East .

As it has been customary since the 19th century for the bishop in Arabia to come from the Capuchins, in 2003 Paul Hinder was appointed auxiliary bishop in the southern and northern Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia by Pope John Paul II and was named titular bishop of Macon .

He received his episcopal ordination on January 30, 2004 in the St. Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi, Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe , Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ; Co-consecrators were Archbishop Giuseppe De Andrea , Nuncio in Arabia, and Bishop Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli OfMCap, Vicar Apostolic in Arabia. The motto Hinders is: Justitia et pax et gaudium (Latin for "justice and peace and joy").

On March 21, 2005 he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Arabia and Yemen based in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates (UAE).

With the division of the Apostolic Vicariate Arabia into an Apostolic Vicariate Southern Arabia and an Apostolic Vicariate Northern Arabia, Paul Hinder took over the Apostolic Vicariate Southern Arabia on May 31, 2011, which is one of the world's largest dioceses with an area of ​​over 900,000 square kilometers. It includes the countries of Yemen , Oman , the United Arab Emirates (UAE) . Qatar , Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have formed the Vicariate Apostolic Northern Arabia with 2,180,000 square kilometers since 2011 . Above all, Paul Hinder looks after over a million international Christians who are professionally active on the Arabian Peninsula , including all oriental ritual churches in Arabia, for example Maronites from Lebanon or Syro-Malabars and Syro-Malankars from India.

As a leading Christian pastor in exclusively Muslim countries, Paul Hinder's hands are largely tied with regard to social criticism (e.g. the working conditions of foreign employees) at the risk of expulsion. Regarding the alleged danger of Islam for Europe, he believes that the danger lies in the religious lukewarmness of Europeans.

After the death of Camillo Ballin MCCI, Bishop and Vicar Apostolic in Northern Arabia and Kuwait, in mid-April 2020, at the request of Pope Francis, Hinder also took over the leadership of the Vicariate for Northern Arabia including Bahrain on May 13, 2020 as Apostolic Administrator until further notice , Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Appointments

On July 19, 2008, he became a member of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care for Migrants and People on the Move .

According to an announcement by the Catholic international press agency kipa / apic of July 4, 2009, Paul Hinder and Heinz Wilhelm Steckling , Superior General of the Missionary Order of the Immaculate Oblates (OMI), were appointed by Pope Benedict XVI. called as advisor to the Congregation for Missionaries .

Fonts

  • Fundamental Rights in the Church: An Inquiry into the Establishment of Fundamental Rights in the Church. University, Freiburg i.Ü. 1977, ISBN 3-7278-0174-3 .
  • Between Orient and Occident: The Middle East and the Christians. Dialog, Münster 2011, ISBN 978-3-941462-55-7 (Ed. Thomas Sternberg)
  • As a Bishop in Arabia: Experiences with Islam. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2016, ISBN 978-3-451-34883-9 (With Simon Biallowons).

Web links

Commons : Paul Hinder  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mario Galgano: “Bishop Hinder again responsible for all of Arabia” on vaticannews.va of June 6, 2020
  2. ↑ Bishop Paul Hinder: Many Muslims look to the West with admiration. November 21, 2009, accessed October 30, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Sermon by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe: “Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples” on the occasion of the episcopal ordination of Monsignor Paul Hinder, OFM Cap. Retrieved January 13, 2016 .
  4. ↑ 120 Nations - One Church. In: Zeitschrift der Kapuziner iTe 2006 No. 3. February 17, 2006, accessed on July 23, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Muslims and Christians. In: Magazine of the Kapuziner iTe 2006 No. 3
  6. ^ Website of the Catholic International Press Agency
predecessor Office successor
Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli OfMCap Vicar Apostolic of Arabia
2005–2011 		---
Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli OfMCap Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia
since 2011 		---
Camillo Ballin MCCI Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia
since 2020 (Apostolic Administrator) 		---
personal data
SURNAME Hinder, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vicar Apostolic of Arabia
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Lanterswil-Stehrenberg , municipality of Bussnang , Canton of Thurgau , Switzerland