Brugger's succession cleared: Bernhard Haßlberger becomes Wieskurat

Now it's official: Auxiliary Bishop Bernhard Haßlberger will succeed Walter Brugger Wieskurat in Freising.

He already has plans for his new position.

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For a long time it was unclear who would succeed Prelate Walter Brugger as curate of the Freising Wieskirche.

Now, however, the course has been set: Auxiliary Bishop Bernhard Haßlberger wants to bring the popular little church out of hibernation at the end of the year.

Haßlberger made it short and sweet in response to the FT request: “That is official.” According to the auxiliary bishop, the whole thing would have come about after a conversation with the cardinal, and he would not have been averse from the start anyway.

Also: At the end of October, according to the born Ruhpoldinger, I will be 75 years old and retire.

Although the status of his ordination remains, after retirement all tasks are "removed from office".

Auxiliary bishop wants to revive pilgrimage church

Nevertheless, he wants to continue to carry out confirmations - albeit reduced.

If only to give his successor, who has not yet been named, a helping hand: “He will be happy if someone helps him.” The most important thing for the auxiliary bishop is definitely to revive the pilgrimage church at the gates of the city : "You have to see that it doesn't become a museum church."

Prelate Walter Brugger set the bar very high out there, the auxiliary bishop emphasizes.

“I won't be able to do all of that.” But traditional things such as “Whitsun in the Wies” will remain as Brugger established in his 25 years of activity.

Haßlberger would like more weddings in the Wies

But for Haßlberger it is also important not to see the Wieskirche separately, but as part of the Freising church community.

In addition, the clergyman would very much like to see more marriages in the Church of the Scourged Savior.

In any case, he is already looking forward to the new area of ​​responsibility, as Auxiliary Bishop a.

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And the clergy is also about to change location: at the end of the year, Bernhard Haßlberger will leave his previous domicile on Domberg and move into the rooms of the former Augustinian monastery of the Wieskirche, which will also be refurbished by then.

Stations

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Bernhard Haßlberger was born in Ruhpolding in 1946, he studied Catholic theology and philosophy in Munich until 1976, where he received his doctorate in theology.

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1977 he was ordained a priest in Freising Cathedral by Archbishop Joseph Ratzinger.

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From 1987 to 1994 Haßlberger was the director of the Cardinal Döpfner House in the cathedral city.

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1994 Pope Johannis Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising

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2003 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.

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Since 2013 he has been Provost of the Hasslberg Cathedral of the Munich Metropolitan Chapter.

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