Bertram Meier
His Excellency Bertram Meier | |
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Bishop of Augsburg | |
Church | Roman Catholic |
Diocese | Diocese of Augsburg |
Appointed | 29 January 2020 |
Installed | 6 June 2020 |
Predecessor | Konrad Zdarsa |
Orders | |
Ordination | 10 October 1985 by Franz König |
Consecration | 6 June 2020 by Reinhard Marx, Nikola Eterović, Ludwig Schick |
Personal details | |
Born | Buchloe, Germany | 20 July 1960
Nationality | German |
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Bertram Meier (born July 20 1960 in Buchloe, Bavaria) is a German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Augsburg since 2020.
Life
[edit]Meier studied Roman Catholic theology at the University of Augsburg and in Rome at Pontifical Gregorian University.[1] He was ordained as priest on 10 October 1985. On 29 January 2020, he was appointed bishop of Augsburg and consecrated bishop on June 6 of the same year.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Bistum Augsburg: Biography of Bertram Meier
- ^ Vaticannews: Augsburger Bischof Bertram Meier beim Papst, September 2021, (German)