Rudolf Michael Schmitz
German Catholic priest and Monsignor
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Rudolf Michael Schmitz (born 22 March 1957, in Eitorf, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German Catholic prelate. He is currently the Vicar General for the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest.[1]
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Ordination10 October 1982
by Joseph Ratzinger
by Joseph Ratzinger
Born22 March 1957
DenominationRoman Catholic
The Very Reverend Monsignor Rudolf Michael Schmitz | |
|---|---|
| Vicar General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 10 October 1982 by Joseph Ratzinger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 March 1957 |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Schmitz was ordained a priest on 10 October 1982 by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (future Pope Benedict XVI),[2] and obtained a doctorate in dogmatic theology in 1988. He served as an assistant lecturer at LMU Munich from 1993 to 1995 before being assigned to the Apostolic Nunciature to Kyrgyzstan and working as a professor at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University in Bishkek. In 2000, he became District Superior for the ICKSP in the United States.[3]
External links
- Rudolf Michael Schmitz in libraries (WorldCat catalog)[dead link]
- An Excellent Biography of Msgr. Schmitz Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
- The Institute American Homepage Archived 2013-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
- The Institute International Page
- Photos From an Institute Ordination
- Msgr. Schmitz Interview
