Heinz Josef Algermissen
Heinz Josef Algermissen (* February 15, 1943 in Hermes wedge) is Bishop of Fulda.
Life
After his graduation in 1963, he studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the Albert -Ludwigs- University of Freiburg and the Faculty of Theology of Paderborn. He was ordained a deacon on April 5, 1968. On July 19, 1969, he received by Archbishop Cardinal Lorenz Jaeger in Paderborn Cathedral, the sacrament of Holy Orders. After a period as chaplain and Bielefeld in Meschede, in which he was also chaplain at the University of Paderborn, he became pastor in 1980 in Bielefeld- Schildesche and there in 1984 Dechant. From 1991, Regional Dean for the deaneries Minden- Ravensburg Mountain, lip and Bielefeld. From 1994 to 1998 he was also chairman of the council of priests of the Archdiocese of Paderborn.
Pope John Paul II appointed Algermissen on 23 July 1996 as Titular Bishop of Labicum and appointed him as Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn. The bishop He was ordained on September 21, 1996, by the Paderborn Archbishop and later Cardinal Johannes Joachim Degenhardt. Co-consecrators were the auxiliary bishops of Paderborn Hans Leo and Paul Drewes Consbruch. Degenhardt appointed him as Episcopal Vicar for Religious and appointed him in May 1999, also in the chapter. The episcopal motto Thesaurus in vasis fictilibus ( "treasure in earthen ( fragile ) vessels " ) comes from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians ( 2 Cor 4:7 EU).
On 20 June 2001, John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Fulda. The solemn inauguration in Fulda Cathedral took place on 23 September of the same year. After taking office, he began the pastoral process by which the diocese of Fulda is to provide the human and pastoral needs of the 21st century.
Since 2002 he has been president of Pax Christi. Since 2006 Algermissen is vice chairman of the commission for ecumenism with its associated sub-commission " questions of Judaism " of the German Bishops' Conference and a member of the Liturgical Commission. In addition Algermissen is Vice President of the Maximilian -Kolbe -Werk.
He is a member of K.D.St.V. Guestfalo - Silesia to Paderborn ( 1964), the KDSt.V. Wildenstein Freiburg im Breisgau (1969 ) and the KDSt.V. Adolphiana Fulda (2008 ), all in the CV. In 2003 he was invested in the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem. Bishop Algermissen is a member of the Rotary Club Bielefeld -South and the Kolping Society.
Episcopal Coat of Arms
The blazon of the auxiliary bishop split shows the front in silver / white a green vine with red grapes, back in red / gold a bar cross, the arms of the Archbishopric of Paderborn.
Standing behind the sign the bishop's cross, above the green Galero ( bishop's miter ) with the six green tassels hanging down ( fiocchi ).
His episcopal motto Thesaurus in vasis fictilibus ( "treasure in earthen ( fragile ) vessels " ) comes from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians ( 2 Cor 4:7 EU).
The coat of arms of the Bishop of Fulda, divided into four shows in field 1 and 4 in Silver / White, a black bar cross, the arms of the Diocese of Fulda ( Abbey of Fulda), in section 2, in red a golden grape in field 3 in gold green peacock fronds with golden rod.
Works
- Heinz J. Algermissen et al: Encounters. With former forced laborers. hg. Association of Pax Christi Regensburg and the Working Group for former forced laborers in the Evangelical Education Regensburg plant. Edition Colorful Dog, Regensburg 2003, ISBN 3-934941-07-9
- Heinz J. Algermissen: The Word on the track. Pastoral letters, sermons, words of the bishop. Parzeller, Fulda 2003, ISBN 3-7900-0356-5
- Heinz J. Algermissen: Morning Star in finst'rer night. A companion for the Advent and Christmas season. Herder, Freiburg, Basel, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-451-28747-1
- Heinz J. Algermissen: vocabularies. Pastoral letters and sermons of the bishop. Parzeller, Fulda 2009, ISBN 978-3-7900-0419-9