Rudolf Müller (Bishop)

Rudolf Müller (born June 24, 1931 in Schmottseiffen , Lower Silesia ; † December 25, 2012 in Görlitz ) was Bishop of Görlitz .

Life

Rudolf Müller, son of a merchant family, was born in Schmottseiffen in what is now the Polish part of Silesia. He received after the expulsion on March 7, 1955, the diaconate and on 17 July 1955 in Neuzelle the priesthood and worked from 1955 to 1964, first as chaplain in Wittichenau , later in Hoyerswerda and Gorlitz . In 1964 he became the rector of the Görlitz catechetical seminar and was then until 1987 full professor and head of the pastoral office.

May 19, 1987 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Nasai and Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz. The Apostolic Administrator, Bishop Bernhard Huhn , donated him episcopal ordination on July 1, 1987; Co-consecrators were the auxiliary bishops Georg Weinhold ( Diocese of Dresden-Meißen ) and Hans-Reinhard Koch ( Episcopal Office Erfurt-Meiningen ).

With the establishment of the Diocese of Görlitz on June 27, 1994, he was appointed by John Paul II as the first bishop of the newly founded diocese and on September 3, 1994 he was appointed to this office. His motto was: In Gratia cantantes Deo (“You are in grace, therefore God sing”) - a quote from the Letter to the Colossians ( Col 3:16  EU ).

On June 24, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI. Müller's resignation request submitted for reasons of age.

Rudolf Müller was considered an important liaison between the Church in Germany and Poland. He was a great advocate of German-Polish reconciliation. For many years he was active in the German Bishops 'Conference for relations with the Polish Bishops' Conference . After the expansion of the European Union in 2004, Bishop Müller developed close cooperation between the churches in the German-Polish border region. One of his most famous initiatives was a joint Corpus Christi procession by German and Polish Catholics. In his diocese, Müller was considered a popular theologian who was popular with the faithful.

Müller found his final resting place in the episcopal and chapter tomb of St. James' Cathedral .

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Mediator between Germany and Poland" , Domradio , December 27, 2012
2. ↑ "Zmarł bp Rudolf Müller" ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ekai.pl, December 27, 2012 (Polish) 
3. ↑ Benjamin Lassiwe: "He was a bishop you could touch" , Lausitzer Rundschau, December 28, 2012
4. ↑ Press release of the Diocese of Görlitz from December 31, 2012

Web links

• Entry on Rudolf Müller on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 27, 2012.

predecessor	Office	successor
none ( Bernhard Huhn ) ( Apostolic Administrator )	Bishop of Görlitz 1994-2006	Konrad Zdarsa