Norbert Trelle
Norbert Trelle ( born September 5, 1942 in Kassel) is Bishop of Hildesheim. He was elected on October 5, 2011 during the autumn plenary assembly of the bishops in Fulda as deputy chairman of the German Bishops' Conference.
Life
Trelle attended the Kassel Frederick High School and then studied from 1962 in Bonn and Innsbruck Catholic theology. On 2 February 1968 he received by Archbishop Joseph Cardinal Frings of Cologne in the sacrament of Holy Orders. After several chaplaincies he was made priest and deacon in the city of Wuppertal and as such 1991 Monsignor. Pope John Paul II appointed him on 25 March 1992 as Titular Bishop of Egnatia and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Cologne. Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joachim Meisner donated to him on 1 May 1992 at the Cologne Cathedral, the episcopal ordination. Co-consecrators were the retired auxiliary bishop of Cologne Augustine Frotz and Cologne Bishop Klaus Dick. Trelle was commissioner for the Southern District of Pastoral of the Archdiocese of Cologne and at the same time Episcopal Vicar for the pastoral care of foreign Catholics. Shortly thereafter he was also Resident canon in Cologne.
November 29, 2005 Norbert Trelle was by Pope Benedict XVI. appointed the 70th Bishop of Hildesheim. On 11 February 2006, he was in the Hildesheim cathedral inserted into his office ( taking possession of the cathedra ).
Trelle is a member of the Migration Commission - Since February 2010, the Chairman - and the Commission for Society and Social Affairs of the German Bishops' Conference.
Motto and coat of arms
The episcopal motto Trelles is: Fundamentum est Christ Jesus ( " The building is Jesus Christ ", modeled on 1 Cor 3:11: "For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, Jesus Christ. " )
The coat of arms is cleaved by gold and red in the lower part there are three crowns in confused colors. Colors and division of the sign correspond to the bishopric of Hildesheim coat of arms; the three crowns in blazon remember the Magi, whose shrine is at the center of Cologne Cathedral and at the legend, whose main tradition strands include the "Historia trium regum " ( History of the Three Kings) the Carmelite John of Hildesheim. The set behind the shield cross is modeled after the Bernward Cross and commemorates the holy Bernward of Hildesheim.