Heiner Koch
| Heiner Koch | |
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| Archbishop of Berlin | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Berlin |
| Appointed | 8 June 2015 |
| Installed | 19 September 2015 |
| Predecessor | Rainer Maria Woelki |
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| Ordination | 13 June 1980 |
| Consecration | 7 May 2006 by Joachim Meisner |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Heiner Koch |
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13 June 1954 Dusseldorf, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
Heiner Koch (born 13 June 1954) is a German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been the Archbishop of Berlin since September 2015.
Koch was born on 13 June 1954 in Düsseldorf, Germany He studied theology, philosophy and education at the University of Bonn and completed his examinations in education science. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Cologne on 13 June 1980, his 26th birthday. He held a variety of positions in Cologne and was often involved in youth ministry. While doing parish work he earned a doctorate in theology with a dissertation on the significance of liberation in Christian religious education. Since 1995 he has been president of the Federation of Historic German Shooting Clubs (German: Historischer Deutschen Schützenbruderschaften (BHDS)). Beginning in 2002 he served as Pro-Vicar General and Secretary General for the committee that organized the celebration of World Youth Day in Cologne in 2005.
On 17 March 2006, Pope Benedict XVI named him auxiliary bishop of Cologne with the titular see of Ros Cré. He was consecrated a bishop on 7 May 2006 by Joachim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, with Manfred Melzer and Rainer Maria Woelki as co-consecrators. He chose as his episcopal motto the Latin phrase Gaudete semper Dominus prope, "Rejoice always, the Lord is near", taken from the Epistle to the Philippians Phil 4:4.
On 18 January 2013, Benedict XVI named him Bishop of Dresden-Meissen, and he was installed there on 16 March.
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