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Rudolf Michael Schmitz

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The Very Reverend Monsignor

Rudolf Michael Schmitz

Vicar General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Orders
Ordination10 October 1982
by Joseph Ratzinger
Personal details
Born(1957-03-22)22 March 1957
NationalityGerman
DenominationRoman Catholic


Rudolf Michael Schmitz (born March 22, 1957, in Eitorf, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German Catholic prelate. He is currently the Vicar General for the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest.[1]

Schmitz was ordained a priest in 10 October 1982 by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (future Pope Benedict XVI),[2] and earned a doctorate in dogmatic theology in 1988. He served as an assistant lecturer at the University of Munich from 1993 to 1995 before being assigned to the Apostolic Nunciature to Kyrgyzstan and working as a professor at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University in Bishkek. In 2000 he became District Superior for the ICKSP in the United States.[3]

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  1. ^ "INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST WEBPAGES". www.institute-christ-king.org. Archived from the original on 2000-03-01.
  2. ^ "The Pope and the Monsignor | An Interview with Monsignor Michael R. Schmitz". web.archive.org. 2009-12-27. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ International Colloquium of Historical, Canonical and Theological Studies of the Roman Catholic Liturgy (8th : 2002 : Versailles (2003). Liturgy and the sacred : the proceedings of the eighth International Colloquium of Historical, Canonical and Theological Studies on the Roman Catholic Liturgy. Internet Archive. London : CIEL UK. ISBN 978-0-9538361-3-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)