| 21st August 1964 |
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Born in Bonn-Oberkassel
Home parish: St. Cäcilia, Bonn-Oberkassel |
| 1983-1988 |
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philosophical theological studies in Bonn |
| 10th June 1989 |
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Ordination to deacon, afterwards work as deacon in the parishes of St. Antonius, Kaarst-Vorst and Sieben-Schmerzen-Mariens, Kaarst-Holtzbüttgen |
| 01st June 1990 |
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Ordination to priesthood in the High Cathedral
of Cologne through Archbishop Joachim Cardinal Meisner |
| 1990-1993 |
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Curate in the parishes St. Bartholomäus, Köln-Porz-Urbach and St. Mariä Himmelfahrt, Köln-Porz-Grengel (1992 parish administrator in Heilig Geist, Köln-Porz-Gremberghoven) |
| 1993-1995 |
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Curate in St. Maria Königin, Sankt Augustin and St. Anna, Sankt Augustin-Hangelar |
| 1995-1998 |
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Parish priest of the parish St. Michael in Quito-Ecuador |
| 1998-2002 |
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Parish priest of the parish St. Thomas Morus in Mexico City |
| 29th April 2002 |
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Elected General Praeses of the International Kolping Society in Tuxtla Gutierrez-Chiapas (Mexico) |
| 01st July 2002 |
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Assumption of office as General Praeses and principal of the Church of the Minor Friars (Minoritenkirche) in Cologne |
| 19th September 2003 |
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Appointment as "Chaplain of His Holiness" (Monsignore) by Pope John Paul II |
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