Ulrich Boom

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Ulrich Boom at the 2009 Confirmation celebrations in Bad Kissingen

Ulrich Boom (born September 25, 1947 in Alstätte in the Münsterland ) is auxiliary bishop in Würzburg .

Life

Ulrich Boom attended the Catholic elementary school Alstätte from 1954 to 1958 and then the Alexander-Hegius-Gymnasium Ahaus until 1964 . From 1964 to 1967 he trained as a draftsman in Gronau (Westphalia) and then worked in this profession until 1968; from 1966 to 1969 he also attended a vocational school in Coesfeld . From 1969 to 1971 he attended the Overberg College in Münster , where he made up his Abitur through a second educational path .

From 1972 he studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster, at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (there also Christian art history ) and at the Julius Maximilians University in Würzburg . In 1980 he entered the seminary in Würzburg.

Ulrich Boom after his appointment as auxiliary bishop on December 8, 2008

On 27 July 1983 he received from Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele , the diaconate ; on February 25, 1984 he was ordained a priest by Paul-Werner Scheele in St. Kiliansdom in Würzburg . Then he was chaplain for two months in the parish of St. Peter and Paul in Schweinfurt and from 1984 to 1986 in Baunach . On January 1, 1987 he was first parish administrator , on September 1 of the same year pastor in Frammersbach . From 1990 to 2000 he was also dean of the Lohr am Main dean 's office and from 1992 to 2000 a member of the diocesan pastoral council. From 1993 he also looked after the parish of Habichsthal and from 1998 the parish of Partenstein . Since 1996 he has been a member of the board of directors of the dkv ( German Catechist Association ) and has been deputy chairman since 2003.

In 2000 he became pastor of Miltenberg and, from January 10, 2006, also parish administrator of Bürgstadt . As a Miltenberg pastor, he gained national fame when on July 22, 2006 he let the bells of the Miltenberg St. James' Church ring for 20 minutes, thus preventing a rally by an NPD youth organization. For this he was awarded the " Aschaffenburg Courageous Prize ".

In 2006 a demonstration of the NPD youth organization took place in Miltenberg on the market square in the immediate vicinity of the parish church of St. Jakobus . The then pastor Ulrich Boom let the church bells ring for 20 minutes in protest. The second hardest bell in the diocese of Würzburg was so loud that the rally had to be abandoned after a short time. The campaign, for which Boom was awarded the Aschaffenburg Courage Prize , gained national media attention.

On December 6, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . as titular bishop of Sullectum and auxiliary bishop in Würzburg. He was ordained bishop by the Würzburg diocesan bishop Friedhelm Hofmann on January 25, 2009 in Würzburg Cathedral; Co-consecrators were Paul-Werner Scheele and Helmut Bauer .

Coat of arms of the auxiliary bishop

In the German Bishops' Conference he is a member of the pastoral commission , the liturgy commission and the commission for education and school . Since 2009 he has also been the Catholic chairman of the working group for ecumenical songs .

After Friedhelm Hofmann's resignation, the Würzburg Cathedral Chapter elected him as diocesan administrator for the duration of the Sedis vacancy on September 21, 2017 .

Episcopal coat of arms

The coat of arms is divided four times by the cross bars. Field 1, the stylized red heart, is a reference to the priestly community - Jesus Caritas - of Charles de Foucauld . Field 2, a red crossbar on a golden background, is the coat of arms of the home diocese of Münster. Field 3, three silver tips on a red background - the Franconian rake - stands for the diocese of Würzburg. Field 4, the white and red shell on a red background, is the sign of the Camino , the pilgrimage.

His motto Gratia - Caritas - Communio ("Grace - Love - Community") is taken from the wish for blessings in Paul's second letter to the Corinthians ( 2 Cor 13:13  EU ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Boom of new auxiliary bishop in Würzburg" , Vatican Radio , December 6, 2008
  2. ↑ Alexander Armbruster: The Power of Church Bells FAZ, December 9, 2008
  3. ^ Hauke ​​Goos: Heavenly Noise , Der Spiegel, December 4, 2006
  4. ^ German Bishops' Conference: Press release of September 20, 2016 - No. 175
  5. ↑ Auxiliary Bishop Boom temporarily heads the Diocese of Würzburg. Focus Online , September 22, 2017, accessed September 28, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Boom, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Würzburg
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Alstätte , Münsterland