Werner Radlayers

Werner Radlayers (born August 13, 1938 in Nuremberg ; † March 7, 2018 there ) was auxiliary bishop in Bamberg from 1986 to 2013 .

Life

Cyclist grew up in Eichstätt , where he attended elementary school and high school. In 1954 his family returned to Nuremberg. There he passed the Abitur in 1958 . He then studied theology and philosophy in Bamberg and was ordained a priest there on March 8, 1964 . First he was chaplain in Neustadt an der Aisch and in Fürth and from 1964–1969 Prefect at the Bamberg Ottonianum before he became pastor of Heroldsbach (November 16, 1969). From 1972 to 1977 he taught Catholic religion at the ETA-Hoffmann-Gymnasium in Bamberg. On January 1, 1975, he was appointed cathedral vicar and cathedral preacher in Bamberg.

With effect from August 1, 1977, Archbishop Elmar Maria Kredel appointed Werner Radlayers to the cathedral chapter . In addition, he became the main department head for public relations. On November 7, 1986 Pope appointed him John Paul II. To the titular of Thugga and Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg . Episcopal ordination He received his Bamberg Diocesan Bishop Elmar Maria Kredel on 21 December 1986. co-consecrators were the Bamberger retired Bishop Joseph Schneider and Bishop Martin Wiesend .

Radspieler was diocesan administrator twice , from April 1, 1994 to May 28, 1995 and from July 3, 2001 to September 20, 2002. On behalf of the German Bishops' Conference he was responsible for the media until 1996 as a member of the journalistic commission and as such from 1989 to 1993 active on the supervisory board of Weltbild-Verlag . From September 28, 2000 to September 28, 2006 he was the representative of the German Bishops' Conference for police chaplaincy . Radspieler was Provost of the Metropolitan Chapter of the Archdiocese of Bamberg.

One focus of his work was the charitable area. Radspieler belonged to the commission for charitable issues of the German Bishops' Conference. From April 1, 1996 to September 30, 2008, he was chairman of the Caritas Association of the Archdiocese of Bamberg.

On September 9, 2013, Pope Francis accepted Radspieler's age-related resignation. Until his death he lived as an emeritus in Nuremberg.

Werner Radlayers died in March 2018 at the age of 79 in Nuremberg.

honors and awards

Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany , May 23, 1996
Bavarian Order of Merit , July 15, 2002
Honorary membership in the Hospital Order of the Brothers of Mercy for his constant care for disabled people (2012)

literature

Versatile, but always modest. In: Heinrichsblatt Bamberg, No. 32, August 11, 2013.

Web links

Entry on Werner Radlayers on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

↑ Werner Radlayers has been Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg for 20 years. In: The New Wiesentbote. December 22, 2006, archived from the original on September 17, 2012 ; accessed on March 7, 2018 .
^ Portrait of Werner Radlayers (1986–2013) . Archdiocese of Bamberg, accessed on March 7, 2018.
↑ Auxiliary Bishop Werner Radlayers is dead . Catholic.de , March 7, 2018, accessed March 7, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Radplayer, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German auxiliary bishop
DATE OF BIRTH	August 13, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	March 7, 2018
Place of death	Nuremberg

[1] Werner Radlayers has been Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg for 20 years. In: The New Wiesentbote. December 22, 2006, archived from the original on September 17, 2012 ; accessed on March 7, 2018 .

[2] Portrait of Werner Radlayers (1986–2013) . Archdiocese of Bamberg, accessed on March 7, 2018.

[3] Auxiliary Bishop Werner Radlayers is dead . Catholic.de , March 7, 2018, accessed March 7, 2018.