Stephan Ackermann

The Right Reverend
Stephan Ackermann
Bishop of Trier
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 (1963-03-20) 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.[1]

Biography

He had previously served with the title of Sozopolis in Haemimonto as auxiliary bishop in the same diocese from 2006.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

References

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