Klaus Hemmerle (April 3, 1929 in Freiburg im Breisgau – January 23, 1994 in Aachen) was a

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

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Aachen, Germany Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...

.Bishop Klaus Hemmerle
at Catholic-hierarchy.org. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform ...

as a

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in 1952 and became bishop of the

Diocese of Aachen The Diocese of Aachen is one of 27 dioceses in Germany and one of the six dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The incumbent bishop is Helmut Dieser, who was appointed by Pope Francis on 23 September 2016. The bishop's seat is Aach ...

in 1975. He was inspired by Chiara Lubich, who said she was also inspired by him and considered him one of the co-founders of the

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due to his teachings on

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and philosophy, and particularly his views on plural thinking and unity.Hemmerle, Klaus
A Decalogue for Priests
St. Clare Sisters Retreat Ministry.

References

Additional sources

* * *Wilfried Hagemann: ''Verliebt in Gottes Wort. Leben, Denken und Wirken von Klaus Hemmerle, Bischof von Aachen''. Würzburg, Echter, 2008. *Thorsten Obst: ''Das Heilige und das Denken. Untersuchungen zur Phänomenologie des Heiligen bei Klaus Hammerle''. Würzburg, Echter, 2010. *

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* Roman Catholic bishops of Aachen 20th-century German Roman Catholic bishops 1929 births 1994 deaths 20th-century German Roman Catholic priests {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub