Georg Gänswein
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The Most Reverend Georg Gänswein |
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| Prefect of the Papal Household | |
Archbishop Gänswein in 2013
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| See | Urbs Salvia (titular) |
| Appointed | 7 December 2012 |
| Installed | 6 January 2013 |
| Predecessor | James Michael Harvey |
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| Ordination | 31 May 1984 by Archbishop Oskar Saier |
| Consecration | 6 January 2013 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Archbishop |
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| Birth name | Georg Gänswein |
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30 July 1956 Riedern am Wald, Waldshut, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Vatican City State |
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| Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich |
| Motto | Testimonium perhibere veritati (Give testimony to the Truth) - John 18:37 |
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Styles of Georg Gänswein |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Ordination history of Georg Gänswein | |
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Diaconal ordination
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| Date of ordination | 19 December 1982 |
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Priestly ordination
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| Ordained by | Oskar Saier (Freiburg) |
| Date of ordination | 31 May 1984 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Pope Benedict XVI |
| Co-consecrators |
Tarcisio Card. Bertone SDB (Card. Sec. of State) Zenon Card. Grocholewski (Pref. Cong. Inst. Cath.) |
| Date of consecration | 6 January 2013 |
| Place of consecration | Saint Peter's Basilica |
Georg Gänswein /ˈɡɛ:ɒək ˈɡɛ:ŋ̩zvəin/ (Non-rhotic pronunciation)or /ˈɡɛ:ɔrk ˈɡɛ:ŋ̩zvəin/ (Rhotic pronunciation) (born 30 July 1956) is a German Archbishop of the Catholic Church, Chaplain of His Holiness,Prefect of the Papal Household and the personal secretary of the Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Archbishop Gänswein is fluent in both speaking and writing Italian, Spanish, German and Latin.
Gänswein was born in Riedern am Wald, Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg, a village in the Black Forest and part of Ühlingen-Birkendorf municipality in Germany, as the eldest son of Albert Gänswein, a blacksmith, and his wife Gertrud. He has two brothers and two sisters.
Gänswein has said that he decided to become a priest in 1974 when he was 18. In 1976 at the age of 20 he began his seminary training for the Archdiocese of Freiburg, for which he was ordained on 31 May 1984 at 28. The claim that he attended the International Seminary of Saint Pius X in Switzerland has been denied by Gänswein.
Upon his ordination, Gänswein dedicated himself to rigorous academic activities. He received his J.C.D. degree from Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich in 1993. In an interview, Gänswein describes the two years he spent in the Black Forest as a curate (assistant priest) after his ordination to the priesthood. In 1993, he wrote his dissertation in Munich about Ecclesiology according to the Second Vatican Council. He notes that, "After half a year I was so fed up I said to myself, now I'm going to the archbishop and ask him to take me back into the diocese because I can't stand it anymore," adding later in the interview, "I'd always studied gladly and easily, but studying Canon Law I felt to be as dry as work in a quarry where there's no beer — you die of dryness."
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