Stefan Heße
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The Most Reverend Stefan Heße |
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| Archbishop of Hamburg | |
Heße at a press conference in 2015.
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Archdiocese of Hamburg |
| Appointed | 26 January 2015 |
| Installed | 14 March 2015 |
| Predecessor | Werner Thesen |
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| Ordination | 18 June 1993 by Cardinal Joachim Meisner |
| Consecration | 14 March 2015 by Franz-Josef Hermann Bode, Bishop of Osnabrück Co: Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Archbishop of Cologne Norbert Werbs, Titular Bishop of Amaura |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 August 1966 Cologne, Germany |
| Alma mater |
University of Bonn University of Regensburg |
| Motto |
Apud Deum omnia possibilia (Latin: With God all things are possible) |
| Coat of arms |  |
| Ordination history of Stefan Heße | |
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Priestly ordination
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| Date of ordination | 18 June 1993 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator |
Franz-Josef Hermann Bode Bishop of Osnabrück |
| Co-consecrators |
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki Archbishop of Cologne Norbert Werbs Titular Bishop of Amaura |
| Date of consecration | 14 March 2015 |
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Styles of Stefan Heße |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Your Excellency |
Stefan Heße is a German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hamburg since 26 January 2015. The youngest bishop in Germany, he has often been outspoken on social and religious topics.
Heße was born in Cologne, Germany on 7 August 1966. Born to a family of bakers, he grew up in the city's Junkersdorf district. He attended George Büchner Gymnasium in Cologne's Weiden district. After graduation in 1986, he studied theology and philosophy at the University of Bonn and University of Regensburg.
Heße was ordained on 18 June 1993 by Cardinal Joachim Meisner in the Cologne Cathedral. From 1993 to 1997, he was pastor at St. Remigius Church in the city of Bergheim. From 1997 to 2003 he was a lecturer at the Collegium Albertinum, a seminary in Bonn, while pursuing his doctorate. In 2001, he received his Doctor of Theology from the Philosophical-Theological School in Vallendar with a dissertation on Hans Urs van Balthasar, the Swiss Catholic theologian. From 2003 to 2005 he headed the Department of Pastoral Services of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Also in 2003, he took up the additional position as the archdiocesan delegate for radio and television, a post he would hold until 2012.
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