Wolfgang Ipolt (born 17 March 1954) is a German Roman Catholic bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Görlitz.

Life

Ipolt was born in Gotha. He studied Roman Catholic theology and

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at University of Erfurt. On 30 June 1979 Ipolt became priest in

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. On 28 August 2011 he became ordained bishop of

Görlitz Görlitz (; pl, Zgorzelec, hsb, Zhorjelc, cz, Zhořelec, :de:Ostlausitzer Mundart, East Lusatian dialect: ''Gerlz'', ''Gerltz'', ''Gerltsch'') is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is located on the Lusatian Neisse River, and ...

in Germany, replacing

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References

External links

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Website by Priesterseminar Erfurt

„Den Glauben zu den Menschen bringen“
Interview with Wolfgang Ipolt, in: Lausitzer Rundschau, 27 August 2011 Living people 1954 births 21st-century German Roman Catholic bishops 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Germany Roman Catholic bishops of Görlitz {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub