Johannes Peter Meyer-Mendez

Johannes Peter Meyer- Mendez ( born March 6, 1909 in Randerath, † February 24th 1976 in Cologne) was Archbishop and Primate of the Free Catholic Church in Germany.

Life

Johannes Peter Meyer ( Hans Meyer or Mendez -Meyer ) was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church and was ordained deacon later. During the Second World War, he stepped over the Sudetenland ( Diocese warning village) to the Old Catholic Church in the German Reich. On December 20, 1942 Bishop Alois Paschek consecrated him in the Old Catholic Church of Christ in the North Bohemian warning village priest.

On July 16, 1955 was established " German Catholic and Apostolic Church " in Cologne- Riehl. When her bishop this church chose Meyer and appointed him as their primate of Germany. On August 30, 1955 confirmed Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez, Bishop and Patriarch of Caracas and Venezuela Primate of the " Venezuelan Catholic and Apostolic Church " the Church and the ministry of Meyer. With the Archbishop Decree No 342 of October 5, 1958 said Archbishop and Primate Guilherme BA Boeing, Diocese of Sao Paulo: "Our Catholic Apostolic Mission Church will be integrated into the existing in Germany Free Catholic Church and united with all the other churches in Europe, which are joined together in this Free Catholic Church in Germany. "

Meyers episcopal ordination, but was only years after his appointment on April 29, 1962, was by Cyprian damge ( a succession winner of the " Gallican ordinations " ) made. From it derives the Free Catholic Church in Germany manufacture their Apostolic Succession.

Bishop Meyer worked on the Cologne area also within a radius of 200 kilometers. He was the Carnival Association " Mauenheimer Muschele founded in 1959" as a Senator. In Cologne there was the sentence: " No celebration without Meyer. " Meyer lived together for two years with the prominent personalities Archbishop Paul Maas Mariavites - Order and the old -Roman. Catholic Bishop Thiessen.

Johannes Peter Meyer died on February 24, 1976 at the age of 67 years in Cologne. His funeral took place on 3 March 1976 in the Melaten Cemetery. His successor was Archbishop Hilarios Ungerer, who also took over the presidency of the funeral.

Swell

  • Free Catholic Bishop
  • German
  • Born in 1909
  • Died in 1976
  • Man
Varnsdorf Holy orders Melaten-Friedhof
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