Stephan Ackermann
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The Right Reverend Stephan Ackermann |
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| Bishop of Trier | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Diocese of Trier |
| Appointed | 8 April 2009 |
| Installed | 24 May 2009 |
| Predecessor | Reinhard Marx |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 10 October 1987 by Georg Moser |
| Consecration | 14 May 2006 by Reinhard Marx |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 March 1963 Mayen Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Motto | In Lumine Tuo Domine |
| Coat of arms |  |
Stephan Ackermann (born March 20, 1963, in Mayen) is a German bishop. He was appointed Bishop of Trier (or Treves) in the Moselle area of Germany, in 2009.
He had previously served with the title of Sozopolis in Haemimonto as auxiliary bishop in the same diocese from 2006. Ackermann was educated at secondary school level in Andernach. He has studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and at the Jesuit-run Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt. In 2000 he received his doctoral degree at Fachbereich Dogmatik bei P. Medard Kehl SJ.
The French newspaper La Croix has described Ackermann as a vigorous spokesman for the Catholic Church in Germany.
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