Church Roman Catholic Name Hans-Josef Becker Appointed July 3, 2003 Motto In Verbo Autem Tuo | Nationality German Consecration January 23, 2000 Installed 28 September 2003 Ordination June 11, 1977 | |
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Archdiocese Archdiocese of Paderborn Other posts Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn Similar People Manfred Grothe, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Franz‑Xaver Kaufmann | ||
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Hans-Josef Becker (8 June 1948 in Belecke, Warstein, Germany) is the Catholic archbishop of Paderborn, Germany.
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- Ein jahr zukunftsbild interview mit erzbischof hans josef becker
- Di zesane pastoralwerkstatt paderborn 2013 ansprache erzbischof hans josef becker
- Life
- Literature
- References
Di zesane pastoralwerkstatt paderborn 2013 ansprache erzbischof hans josef becker
Life
Hans Josef Becker completed his advanced level examination in 1967, in Rüthen. Subsequently, he completed a teaching study, which was confirmed with a second state examination in 1972. There after, he studied theology and philosophy in Paderborn and Munich. On 11 June 1977 he was consecrated to the priesthood by Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt.
From 1979 to 1995, he worked as a pastor in Minden, Paderborn and Lippstadt. In the following four years, Becker led the Central Department of Pastoral Personnel (Zentralabteilung Pastorales Personal) for the Archbishopric of Paderborn. In 1999, he was appointed the auxiliary bishop of Paderborn by Pope John Paul II. After the death of Archbishop Degenhardt in the year 2002, Becker functioned for about a year as more of a diocesan administrator, before he was appointed as Archbishop of Paderborn on 28 September 2003.
Since 2006, Becker has been a chairman of the Commission for Education and Schools in the Conference of the German Bishops.
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