Karl Christian Ebert (15 October 1916 – 12 November 1974) was a German Roman Catholic prelate, who served as an auxiliary bishop in the Episcopal District of

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- Meiningen in

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.''Bishop Karl Christian Ebert''
at www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 7 Feb 2016. Karl Ebert was born on 15 October 1916 in

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. He was

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in 1941 as a priest and was a chaplain in

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and a soldier in the

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. In 1948 he became a chaplain in

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, in 1950 the curate and minister in

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and, in 1959, the

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of Unterwellenborn. In 1968 he became the

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and, in 1971, the episcopal commissar of the

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of Würzburg in Meiningen. On 20 July 1973 he was made the

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of '' Druas'' by Pope Paul VI and auxiliary bishop of the Episcopal District of Erfurt-Meiningen and appointed as the

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for the Episcopal Vicariate of Meiningen. His episcopal consecration was conducted by the

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in the Episcopal District of Erfurt-Meiningen,

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, on 15 September 1973. Karl Ebert died on 12 November 1974 in Meiningen,

References

Literature

* Short biography on: Ebert, Karl. In: ''Wer war wer in der DDR?'' 5th issue, Vol. 1, Ch. Links, Berlin, 2010, .

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ebert, Karl 1916 births 1974 deaths Clergy from Würzburg People from the Kingdom of Bavaria German Roman Catholic titular bishops 20th-century German Roman Catholic bishops German Army personnel of World War II Auxiliary bishops 20th-century German Roman Catholic priests