Bertram Meier
Appearance
His Excellency Bertram Meier | |
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Bishop of Augsburg | |
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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
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
- ^ Bistum Augsburg: Biography of Bertram Meier
- ^ Vaticannews: Augsburger Bischof Bertram Meier beim Papst, September 2021, (German)