Paul Hinder
Paul Hinder O.F.M. Cap. | |
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| Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, Apostolic Administrator of Northern Arabia | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Arabia |
| Installed | 31 May 2011 |
| Predecessor | Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli |
| Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Macon |
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| Ordination | 4 July 1967 |
| Consecration | 30 January 2004 by Crescenzio Sepe |
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| Birth name | Paul Hinder |
| Born | 22 April 1942 Bussnang, Thurgau, Switzerland |
| Residence | The Bishop's House St. Joseph's Cathedral Abu Dhabi, UAE |
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| Motto | Iustitia et Pax et Gaudium (Justice and Peace and Joy) |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. (born 22 April 1942) is a Catholic bishop. He is the Vicar Apostolic in the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia.[1] On 13 May 2020, Bishop Hinder was also appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Arabia.[2] Bishop Hinder was previously appointed as an Auxiliary Bishop in the former Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia on 30 January 2004.[3]
Early life[]
Paul Hinder was born in Bussnang, Switzerland, on 22 April 1942 to Wilhelm Hinder and Agnes Meile. He joined the Franciscan Capuchin Order in 1962 and was ordained a priest on 4 July 1967. After specialized studies in canon law in Munich and Fribourg, he obtained his doctorate in theology in 1976. He was active as a professor, in the formation of young Capuchins, later as provincial in Switzerland and as General Councilor in Rome for the worldwide Capuchin Order.[4]
Bishop[]
On 20 December 2003, Hinder was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Arabia and was ordained Bishop on 30 January 2004 in Abu Dhabi. On 21 March 2005, he succeeded Msgr. Bernardo Gremoli as Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (UAE, Oman, Yemen, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia). After the Vicariate of Arabia was divided into the Northern and Southern Vicariates in 2011, Bishop Paul was appointed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (UAE, Oman, Yemen).
Hinder is a member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, a consultor to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. He is also a member of the Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions.
On 13 May 2020, he was named as The Apostolic Administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Northern Arabia (Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia). The appointment was announced through a decree and signed by Cardinal Tagle, The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Bishop Paul Hinder appointed as Apostolic Administrator of AVONA". Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ "Episcopal Ordination Of Mons. Paul Hinder, O.F.M., Cap., Auxiliary Bishop Of Arabia". L'Osservatore Romano. The Holy See. 30 January 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ "Bishop Paul Hinder OFM Cap". Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Bishop Paul Hinder appointed as Apostolic Administrator of AVONA". Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
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