Georg Gaenswein
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The Most Reverend Georg Gänswein |
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| Prefect of the Papal Household | |
Archbishop Gänswein in 2017
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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 | Latin: Testimonium perhibere veritati (To bear witness to the truth), John 18:37 |
| Coat of arms | .svg) |
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Styles of Georg Gänswein |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
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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 |
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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 prelate of the Catholic Church, who has held the title of archbishop since 2012. He is Prefect of the Papal Household and personal secretary to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
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. He began his seminary training in 1976 and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Freiburg on 31 May 1984. He spent the next two years in the Black Forest as a curate (assistant priest).
He received his J.C.D. degree from Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich in 1993, writing his dissertation about Ecclesiology according to the Second Vatican Council. He later said: "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.... 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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