Peter Kohlgraf

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Peter Kohlgraf, 2018

Peter Kohlgraf (born March 21, 1967 in Cologne ) is a German theologian , Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Mainz .

Life

Peter Kohlgraf, son of a bricklayer and a nurse, completed his Abitur at the Dreikönigsgymnasium in Cologne . From 1986 he studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn and for one semester in Salzburg . He graduated from Bonn in 1991. After the pastoral training in the seminary Cologne Peter Kohlgraf received on 18 June 1993 in Cologne Cathedral , the priesthood by the Archbishop of Cologne, Joachim Cardinal Meisner . Together with him, Stefan Heße and Dominikus Schwaderlapp were ordained, the two future vicars general of Cologne . Today you are Archbishop of Hamburg or Auxiliary Bishop of Cologne . After working as a chaplain to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and St. Martin in Euskirchen until 1996, he was a subsidiary in the pastoral care area of Bad Honnef with his residence at St. Mary's Visitation (Rhöndorf) . In 2000 Kohlgraf was at the University of Bonn in Ernst That man on the ecclesiology of Ephesians, as interpreted by John Chrysostom doctorate . From 1999 he was a religious teacher and school chaplain at the Archbishop's Cardinal-Frings-Gymnasium in Bonn-Beuel , as well as Bonn city group chaplain of the Catholic Student Youth (KSJ). In 2003 he became a repetiteur at the Collegium Albertinum in Bonn and pastor at the municipal Beethoven grammar school and in the children's home Hermann-Josef-Haus in Bad Godesberg ; In 2009 he moved to the Archbishop's Gymnasium Marienberg and the Marienberg Vocational College in Neuss as a school chaplain .

Peter Kohlgraf in May 2017 as a lecturer in pastoral theology at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Mainz

In 2010 Kohlgraf completed his habilitation at the Chair of Religious Education at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster under Udo Schmälzle with a thesis on “Faith in Conversation. The search for Christian identity and relevance in Alexandrian paternal theology. A model for practical and theological effort today, "From 2010 to 2013 he was a lecturer at the University of Münster, from 2013 Professor of? Pastoral theology at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences - since the winter semester 2016/17 as dean of the Department of Practical Theology - and at the same time parochial vicar in of the parish group Wörrstadt with residence in Partenheim in Rheinhessen .

On April 18, 2017, Pope Francis appointed Peter Kohlgraf bishop of Mainz and thus the 88th successor of St. Boniface  on the Mainz bishopric.

On August 8, 2017, he took the oath of loyalty in accordance with Article 16 of the Reich Concordat in front of the Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer and the Hessian Prime Minister Volker Bouffier in the Mainz State Chancellery . His predecessor in the episcopate, Karl Cardinal Lehmann , other representatives of the church and numerous members of the Dreyer cabinet were present.

The episcopal ordination in Mainz Cathedral took place on August 27, 2017 and was donated to him by his predecessor, Karl Cardinal Lehmann . Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Freiburg , Stephan Burger , and the Archbishop of Cologne, Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki . Woelki also appointed him Cologne Cathedral Lord . His inauguration took place on October 15, 2017 in Cologne Cathedral . In the German Bishops' Conference he is a member of the Commission on Marriage and Family and the Commission on Education and School.

Kohlgraf has been a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Staufia Bonn since 1986 .

On October 26, 2019, Kohlgraf was elected President of the German section of the Catholic peace movement Pax Christi . The Teutonic Order accepted him as a knight of honor on January 19, 2020 .

Positions (selection)

In December 2018, in the debate on celibacy , Bishop Kohlgraf was convinced that with a view to the priesthood, “there will be other forms of access in the future, even if perhaps not nationwide”.

Coat of arms and motto

Episcopal coat of arms

Blazon : The split coat of arms, split at the top, shows the Mainz wheel (for the diocese of Mainz) on a red background at the top and a slanted silver key with the beard pointing towards the heraldic top right, accompanied by eight golden diamonds (coat of arms of the former diocese Worms ). In the lower silver shield three blue waves that symbolize the river Rhine. The Rhine connects Mainz and Worms with Kohlgraf's hometown Cologne. In addition, the river reminds of the life-giving and healing stream of Christian faith flowing through history, arising in baptism (cf. ( Ezekiel 47  EU )). Behind the coat of arms the golden episcopal cross. Above it the green episcopal prelate hat with twelve hanging tassels. Under the coat of arms in the banner the motto of the bishop: Appropinquavit Regnum Dei - The kingdom of God has come near ( Lk 10.9  EU ).

Fonts

  • The ecclesiology of the letter to the Ephesians as interpreted by John Chrysostom. An investigation into the history of the impact of Pauline theology . Borengässer, Bonn / Alfter 2001, ISBN 3-923946-53-8 (Dissertation University of Bonn 2000, XII, 405 pages, 23 cm).
  • Believe in conversation. The search for identity and relevance in Alexandrian paternal theology - a model for practical theological endeavors today? Lit, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-643-11124-1 .
  • “What you worship without knowing it, I announce to you” (Acts 17:23) - About the exciting risk of going into town with the Gospel . Bonn-Beuel December 16, 2014 (Lecture on the 50th anniversary of the Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium ; PDF , 111 kB).
  • To be Catholic in today's world - to struggle in and for faith . In: Archdiocese of Cologne (ed.): Impulse . 03/2014. No. 108 . Cologne 2014, p. 4–7 ( PDF , 98 kB).
  • Only a ministering church serves the world. Yves Congar's contribution to a credible church . 2nd Edition. Matthias Grünewald Verlag , Ostfildern 2015, ISBN 978-3-7867-3036-1 .
  • Learn to share, learn to pray, become humble. Saint Martin as a companion for the diocese of Mainz. Pastoral word of the Bishop of Mainz on the Easter penance in 2018. Episcopal Chancellery / Publications Diocese of Mainz , Mainz February 2018.
  • Forgive and reconcile. Experiences of Faith - Fields of Action . Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Ostfildern 2018, ISBN 978-3-7867-3133-7 .
  • Be catholic . Pastoral word of the Bishop of Mainz, Peter Kohlgraf, on the Easter penance 2020. Episcopal Chancellery / Publications Diocese of Mainz, Mainz 2020.

See also

Web links

Commons : Peter Kohlgraf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Nomina del Vescovo di Mainz (Germania). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , April 18, 2017, accessed April 18, 2017 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Peter Kohlgraf ( memento from April 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) website of the Catholic University of Mainz, accessed on April 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ Professor Dr. Peter Kohlgraf becomes the new bishop of the Mainz diocese . Diocese of Mainz, April 18, 2017, accessed on April 18, 2017.
  4. ↑ Loyalty oath in Mainz. Retrieved August 30, 2017 .
  5. ^ New Bishop of Mainz becomes Dome of Honor in Cologne. erzbistum-koeln.de, accessed on August 27, 2017 .
  6. ↑ dbk.de: Press report autumn general assembly, September 28, 2017
  7. ↑ Peter Kohlgraf becomes the new bishop of Mainz . In: faz.net . April 18, 2017;
    Complete CV directory 2015 V - 594.
  8. ↑ Kohlgraf: Make Europe strong again as a peace project on MSN diocese news from Mainz
  9. ↑ Mainz Bishop is Knight of Honor of the Teutonic Order. Domradio , January 20, 2020, accessed on January 20, 2020 .
  10. ↑ kathisch.de : Bishop also wants to get away from "priest-centeredness"
  11. ↑ The kingdom of God is at hand. Domdekan Heckwolf and Zeremoniar Brantzen presented insignia and coats of arms. Episcopal Press Office Mainz, August 21, 2017, accessed on August 21, 2017 .
predecessor Office successor
Karl Cardinal Lehmann Bishop of Mainz
since 2017 		-
personal data
SURNAME Kohlgraf, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Mainz
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne