Installed 2 March 2008 Name Karl-Heinz Wiesemann Ordination October 10, 1985 Coat of arms Consecration September 8, 2002 | Motto Major Omni Laude Appointed December 19, 2007 Nationality German | |
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Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer | ||
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Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (born 1 August 1960) is the 96th Bishop of Speyer.
Wiesemann was born in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia in the archdiocese of Paderborn. He became a chaplain on 10 October 1985 in Rome. He later served as a priest in Bösperde, a suburb of Menden and provost of St. Petrus and Andreas in Brilon.
In 2002 Pope Pope John Paul II named him Auxiliary bishop, which he was ordained on 8 September 2002 in Paderborn cathedral.
On 19 December 2007 Pope Benedict XVI named him the successor to bishop Anton Schlembach. He ascended to the office on 2 March 2008 in the Speyer cathedral.
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