Helmut Bauer (bishop)
Helmut Bauer (18 March 1933 – 5 Oktober 2024) was a German Catholic theologian, auxiliary bishop in Würzburg.
Life and career
[edit]Bauer was born in Schimborn in Kahlgrund on 18 March 1933; his parents were farmers, Otto Bauer (1903–1983) and his wife Maria née Daniel (1905–1998). He attended primary school in Schimborn and secondary education at the Kilianeum in Würzburg, in Münnerstadt and Miltenberg. After completing school with the Abitur, he studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the University of Würzburg.
Bauer was ordained as a priest in Würzburg on 21 July 1957 by archbishop Aloisius Joseph Muench. He worked for four years as a chaplain at Heilig Geist, Schweinfurt. He became prefect of the boys' seminary at the Kilianeum in 1961. From 1964 he directed the Studienseminar in Bad Königshofen, and from 1968 the Kilianeum.
Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele appointed Bauer a priest at the Würzburg Cathedral He was elected dean in Würzburg the same year.
Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Velefi and auxiliary bishop in Würzburg. He was consecrated as a bishop on 14 October 1988 by bishop Scheele at the Würzburg Cathedral.
Bauer became Bischofsvikar in 1989 and responsible for church music in the diocese. He was president of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für ökumenisches Liedgut from 1990 to 2008. After Scheele retired in July 2003, Bauer was elected interim bishop and served until Friedhelm Hofmann was consecreted on 19 September 2004.[1] On 18 March 2008 Pope Benedikt XVI accepted Bauer's retirement.
Bauer died in Würzburg on 5 October 2024, at the age of 91.[2]
Awards
[edit]- 1995: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[3]
- 2004: Honorary citizen of Mömbris
References
[edit]- ^ "Bischöfe und Domkapitel: Weihbischof em. Helmut Bauer". Diocese of Würzburg (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Früherer Würzburger Weihbischof Helmut Bauer gestorben". katholisch.de (in German). 5 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ Auskunft des Bundespräsidialamtes
External links
[edit]- "Für Gott und die Menschen". bistum-wuerzburg.de. 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- "20. Bischofsjubiläum: Weihbischof em. Helmut Bauer feiert 20. Jahrestag seiner Bischofsweihe". directserver.org. 2008-10-09. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- "bishop/bbauer". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.