Paul Wehrle (Bishop)
Paul Friedrich Wehrle (born June 7, 1940 in Singen ) is auxiliary bishop emeritus in Freiburg .
Life
Paul Wehrle was a regular soldier in the German Armed Forces from 1961 to 1963 . After his theological and philosophical training, he was ordained a priest in 1969 . Between 1971 and 1973 he completed specialist training at the Institute for Catechetics and Homiletics in Munich. In 1974, he was with a work on the doctrine of preaching under the influence of the Enlightenment process of doctor of theology doctorate . From 1975 to 1979 he was a lecturer and Subregens in the seminary of St. Peter, at the same time a lecturer at the theological faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg . In 1979 he received a reputation as a Professor of Religious Education and Pastoral Theology at the University of Eichstätt ; since 1990 he has also been an honorary professor at the University of Freiburg.
Wehrle was appointed titular bishop of Nova Germania and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Freiburg in 1981 by Pope John Paul II . Archbishop Oskar Saier consecrated him on July 5, 1981 as bishop. Co -consecrators were Bishop Alois Brems von Eichstätt and Freiburg Auxiliary Bishop Karl Gnädinger . His motto is In spiritus fortitudine (“In the power of the spirit”).
From 1981 to 2000 he was Episcopal Vicar for youth issues. In 2002/2003 he was diocesan administrator of the Archdiocese of Freiburg. Since 2002 he has been episcopal vicar for universities and university pastoral care , and since 1999 cathedral provost and thus chairman of the metropolitan chapter . He is also responsible for the Catholic Academy in Freiburg and the representative of the German Bishops' Conference for the episcopal scholarships KAAD (Catholic Academic Foreign Nationals Service) and Cusanuswerk . He is also a member of the Pastoral Commission of the German Bishops' Conference and its working group “Catechesis and Mission” as well as deputy chairman of the Episcopal Commission for Science and Culture.
On July 30, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI. his resignation request submitted for health reasons. He has his retirement home in Liggeringen , a district of Radolfzell on Lake Constance, and works there as a subsidiary in pastoral care.
Fonts
- Recognize and show religion. Thought stories and real stories , EOS 2001, ISBN 383067080X , together with Engelbert Gross, Johannes Spölgen, Theodor Maas-Ewerd , Michael Seybold.
- Gerechter Friede , Meinhardt 2002, ISBN 3933325226 , together with Thomas Meinhardt, Daniela Seel , Franz Kamphaus , Ansgar Koschel , Walter Mixa
- Help shape school culture. Pastoral suggestions and models , Herder Freiburg 2005, ISBN 345128751X , together with Joachim Burkhart
Festschrift
- Pastoral care in the power of the Holy Spirit. Festschrift for Auxiliary Bishop Paul Wehrle , ed. by Philipp Müller and Hubert Windisch, Freiburg; Basel; Vienna, Herder 2005, ISBN 3-451-28616-5
- ... in all truth ruler of the people. The changing ministry of the bishop. Paul Wehrle on the silver bishop's jubilee , ed. by Thomas Herkert and Karsten Kreutzer and Tobias Licht, Publishing House of the Catholic Academy of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau 2007, ISBN 978-3-928698-32-0
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Wehrle in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Paul Wehrle on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Michael Winter: "Bridge builder, preacher, philanthropist: Auxiliary Bishop Paul Wehrle is going into retirement" ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), Konradsblatt , July 30, 2012
Individual evidence
- ^ "Resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Wehrle" , Vatican Radio , July 30, 2012
- ^ "Auxiliary Bishop Paul Wehrle moves to Liggeringen" , Südkurier , August 29, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wehrle, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wehrle, Paul Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman, auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Freiburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | To sing |