His Excellency Karl-Heinz Wiesemann |
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Bishop of Speyer | |
Bishop Dr. Karl-Heinz Wiesemann
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Diocese | Diocese of Speyer |
Appointed | 19 December 2007 |
Installed | 2 March 2008 |
Predecessor | Anton Schlembach |
Orders | |
Ordination | 10 October 1985 by Cardinal Franz König |
Consecration | 8 September 2002 by Joachim Wanke |
Personal details | |
Born |
Herford Germany |
1 August 1960
Nationality | German |
Motto | Major Omni Laude |
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Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (born 1 August 1960) is the 96th Bishop of Speyer.
Wiesemann was born in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia in the archdiocese of Paderborn. He became a chaplain on 10 October 1985 in Rome. He later served as a priest in Bösperde, a suburb of Menden and provost of St. Petrus and Andreas in Brilon.
In 2002 Pope Pope John Paul II named him Auxiliary bishop, which he was ordained on 8 September 2002 in Paderborn cathedral.
On 19 December 2007 Pope Benedict XVI named him the successor to bishop Anton Schlembach. He ascended to the office on 2 March 2008 in the Speyer cathedral.