Ulrich Neymeyr (born 12 August 1957 in

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-Herrnsheim) is a German

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Life

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...

, Neymeyr studied Roman Catholic

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and philosophy at

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (german: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 stu ...

. He became on June 12, 1982 priest. On 20 February 2003 Neymeyr was appointed as auxiliary bishop of Mainz and became titular bishop of Maraguia. Since November 22, 2014 Neymeyr is bishop of

Roman Catholic Diocese of Erfurt The Diocese of Erfurt is a diocese of the Catholic church in Germany. The diocese was created in 1973 as the apostolic administration of Erfurt-Meiningen, and was elevated in 1994 to the current diocese of Erfurt. The diocese is a suffragan of the ...

. He followed in

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

bishop

Joachim Wanke Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...

. In December 2018 and again in January 2020, Neymeyr supported

married priests Clerical marriage is practice of allowing Christian clergy (those who have already been ordained) to marry. This practice is distinct from allowing married persons to become clergy. Clerical marriage is admitted among Protestants, including both ...

in Roman Catholic Church. Katholisch.de:Neymeyr: Zölibat ist kein unabänderliches Kirchengesetz
January 2020

External links

Diocese Erfurt: Ulrich Neymeyr

* * ttps://www.rtl.de/cms/bischof-neymeyr-warnt-vor-parteilichen-machtspielen-4427680.html RTL.de: Bischof Neymeyr warnt vor "parteilichen Machtspielen" (German)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neymeyr, Ulrich 21st-century German Roman Catholic bishops 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Germany 1957 births Living people