Wolfgang Ipolt
Wolfgang Ipolt (born March 17, 1954 in Gotha ) is a Roman Catholic theologian and has been Bishop of Görlitz since 2011 .
Life
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Wolfgang Ipolt passed the Abitur at the Arnoldischule in his hometown in 1972 . After studying theology in Erfurt he received on June 30 in 1979 by the Erfurt bishop Hugo Aufderbeck in Erfurt Cathedral , the priesthood and became a chaplain in Worbis ordered.
In 1983 he moved for two years to support the pastoral care of Berlin in the parish of Ss. Corpus Christi . In 1985 Ipolt became chaplain in the parish of St. Lorenz in Erfurt. In 1989 Wolfgang Ipolt became a subregens of the Erfurt regional seminary , the central priest training center in the GDR. At the same time, he obtained a theological license in pastoral theology with a thesis on catechesis in the GDR . In 1992 Ipolt became pastor at Nordhausen Cathedral , and in 2001 he was appointed non-resident cathedral chapter of the Erfurt cathedral chapter .
In November 2004 he was appointed as the successor to Ulrich Werbs to the Regens of the Erfurt Regional Seminary and has since headed the Erfurt Seminary , the only priest training facility in the former GDR. He also taught theology of spirituality at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Erfurt .
On June 18, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . to the Bishop of Görlitz . His episcopal motto is Odorem notitiae Christi manifestare (" Spread the scent of the knowledge of Christ"). The Archbishop of Berlin , Rainer Maria Woelki , donated him his episcopal ordination on August 28, 2011 in the St. Jakobus Cathedral in Görlitz; Co- consecrators were the Erfurt bishop, Joachim Wanke , and the Augsburg bishop, Konrad Zdarsa .
In the German Bishops' Conference , he belongs to the Pastoral Commission , the Commission for International Church and its Sub-Commission on Central and Eastern Europe (esp. Renovabis) on.
Ipolt is a member of the student association KDStV Bavaria Bonn in the CV .
coat of arms
The coat of arms of Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt shows his natural as well as his spiritual origin. His natural and spiritual path is recorded in symbols through four fields in the coat of arms shield: The Mainz wheel is taken from the Erfurt city arms and originally represents a symbol of Christ; The two Greek letters Chi and Rho, the Christ monogram , can easily be recognized in the spokes of the wheel . Bishop Wolfgang was a priest of the diocese of Erfurt and so it reminds of his origin and the place of his priestly ordination.
The book pierced by the sword is the symbol of Boniface , the apostle of Germany. Bishop Wolfgang comes from Gotha in Thuringia and was baptized in the local Catholic parish church of St. Bonifatius. In this church he also received the sacrament of Confirmation and celebrated his first Holy Mass as a priest.
The Silesian lilies on a golden background recall the historical connection between the Diocese of Görlitz and the Archdiocese of Breslau .
The scallop stands for both the city of Görlitz and the cathedral of the diocese. The city of Görlitz lies on an old Way of St. James and the cathedral is dedicated to the Apostle St. James the Elder . The shell is a reminder that as Christians we are always pilgrims.
His motto is below the coat of arms and reads: "Spread the scent of the knowledge of Christ" (2 Cor 2:14)
Web links
- Entry on Wolfgang Ipolt on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Erfurt seminary
- “Bringing faith to the people” , interview with Wolfgang Ipolt, in: Lausitzer Rundschau , August 27, 2011, accessed on August 30, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nomina del Vescovo di Görlitz (Germania) , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of June 18, 2011.
- ^ German Bishops' Conference: Press release of September 20, 2016 - No. 175
- ↑ CARTELLVERBAND ( Memento from January 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) of the Catholic German student associations (CV)
- ↑ Description and explanation of the coat of arms on the homepage of the Diocese of Görlitz , accessed on November 29, 2016
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Konrad Zdarsa |
Bishop of Görlitz since 2011 |
... |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ipolt, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic theologian, Regens, Bishop of Görlitz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gotha |