Wolfgang Rösch

Wolfgang Rösch ( born August 25, 1959 in Wiesbaden ) is a German Catholic priest. He was from 2010 to 2013 Catholic city dean of Wiesbaden. October 23, 2013 to March 26, 2014 he was vicar general in the diocese of Limburg.

Life

Rösch grew up in Erbach in the Rheingau on as one of four brothers. He first completed a mechanical engineering degree from the Technical University of Darmstadt, before he studied theology at the Philosophical- Theological College Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt am Main and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was a student at the Collegium Germanicum and was ordained in Rome in 1990 by Bishop Karl Lehmann priest.

Initially he worked as a chaplain and pastor in pastoral care in Wetzlar, Hadamar and Offheim and directed the diocesan office occupations in the church of the diocese of Limburg. In 1997 he became the successor of Thomas Löhr rector of Limburg seminary. 2003 he was appointed by the then Limburg Bishop Franz Kamphaus pastor in Königstein and Kronberg im Taunus.

From 2010 to 2013, Wolfgang Rösch Catholic city dean of Wiesbaden and at the same time pastor of all eight Catholic churches in the center of Wiesbaden, which merged to form United Parish of St. Boniface in January 2012. This created the first " parish new type" on the territory of the diocese of Limburg. At the same time he was chairman of Caritas Association Wiesbaden.

On 2 October 2013, the diocese of Limburg announced that Rösch 1 January 2014, the successor to the Vicar-General Franz Josef Kaspar should be. On 23 October 2013, the Holy See announced the appointment already known to this day. In addition, Rösch will during the current circumstances related absence in the diocese of Bishop Franz -Peter van Elst Tebartz manage the diocese. In the background stood the public debate about the person and office leadership of the bishop.

On January 12, 2014 Rösch was adopted as the city deacon in Wiesbaden.

With the questionnaire adopted by Pope Francis on March 26, 2014 Resignation of the Limburg Bishop Franz -Peter van Elst Tebartz also went Rösch's office as Vicar General ( c. 481 § 1 CIC ), but appointed the Apostolic Administrator appointed by Rome Manfred Grothe Rösch for his permanent representative.