Manfred Melzer
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The Most Reverend Manfred Melzer | |
|---|---|
| Auxiliary bishop of Cologne | |
 Manfred Melzer, 2014 | |
| Diocese | Carinola (Titular) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1 February 1972 |
| Consecration | 10 September 1995 |
| Rank | Auxiliary Bishop of Cologne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1944 |
| Died | 9 August 2018 (aged 74) Frechen, Germany |
| Nationality | German citizenship |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | Deum Diligendo cognoscere |
| Coat of arms |  |
Manfred Melzer (28 February 1944 – 9 August 2018) was a German bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, Melzer was serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne from 1995 to 2015.[1]
Born in Solingen-Ohligs, Melzer studied in Bonn, Freiburg im Breisgau and Cologne for theology. He was ordained to the Priesthood on 1 February 1972 by Cardinal Joseph Höffner, the then Archbishop of Cologne at the Cologne Cathedral. Upon his ordination, Cardinal Höffner made Melzer his personal secretary and the cathedral administrator. He remained Cardinal Höffner's secretary until Höffner's death in 1987. On 17 March 1984, Pope John Paul II appointed him Chaplain of His Holiness. In 1988, he began serving as a priest in Waldbröl and the municipality of Nümbrecht.
