Ludwig Schick (born 22 September 1949) is a

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of the

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. He served as archbishop of Bamberg from 2002 to 2022. He was auxiliary bishop of Fulda from 1998 to 2002.

Life

Born in

Marburg Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approxima ...

, Schick was

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to the priesthood on 15 June 1975, serving in Fulda. Ludwig Schick in Afrika

On 20 May 1998, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Fulda and

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of Auzia. Schick received his

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on the following 12 July from

Johannes Dyba Johannes Dyba (15 September 1929 – 23 July 2000) was a German prelate of the Catholic Church who led the Diocese of Fulda from 1983 until his death. He spent his earlier career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Johannes Dyba w ...

, archbishop-bishop of Fulda, with the auxiliary bishop of Fulda, Johannes Kapp, and the bishop of

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, Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, serving as co-consecrators. On 28 June 2002, he was appointed archbishop of Bamberg. In 2021, he worked along with the German bishops to deliver aid to famine-hit southern

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during the food crisis that began there in mid-2021. He had previously visited Madagascar.

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accepted his resignation on 1 November 2022.

References

External links

Entry about Ludwig Schick at ''catholic-hierarchy.org''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schick, Ludwig 1949 births 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Germany 20th-century German Roman Catholic bishops Archbishops of Bamberg Living people 20th-century German Roman Catholic priests People from Marburg