Stefan Oster
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His Excellency Stefan Oster S.D.B. |
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| Bishop of Passau | |
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| Diocese | Passau |
| See | Passau |
| Appointed | 4 April 2014 |
| Installed | 24 May 2014 |
| Predecessor | Wilhelm Schraml |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 24 June 2001 by Viktor Josef Dammertz |
| Consecration | 24 May 2014 by Reinhard Marx |
| Rank | Bishop |
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| Born |
3 June 1965 Amberg, Bavaria, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | Victoria Veritatis Caritas |
| Coat of arms |  |
Stefan Oster (born 3 June 1965) is a German bishop of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the 85th Bishop of Passau.
Oster was born on June 3, 1965 in Amberg, a town in Bavaria, Germany. He graduated from Neutraubling high school and later trained as a newspaper - and a radio editor from 1984 to 1986. He spent some years working in this profession. From 1988 he started his studies in philosophy, history and religious studies in Regensburg, Kiel, at Keele University and the University of Oxford. From 1990 to 1991 he was a Fellow in the Erasmus Programme of the European Union. He graduated from Oxford in 1993 with a Master of Studies and a Master of Arts from Regensburg in 1994.
In 1995 Oster joined the Salesians of Don Bosco and spent a year in the novitiate in Jünkerath. From 1996 till 2000 he studied at the College of Philosophy and Theology in Benediktbeuern. On July 24, 1999 he professed his perpetual vows and thus formally became a member of Salesians of Don Bosco. He was ordained to the priesthood by Viktor Josef Dammertz, the bishop of Augsburg, on 24 June 2001.
In 2003 Oster received the Albertus Magnus price by the Diocese of Augsburg and in 2004 the Vereins der Freunde by the University of Augsburg for his work on his Doctoral Thesis. He started lecturing philosophy at the College of Philosophy and Theology in Benediktbeuern. His subjects were the Theory of Knowledge, Metaphysics, Philosophy of language, Philosophy of dialogue and Philosophy of the person.
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