Rudolf Schmid (bishop)
Rudolf Schmid | |
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Titular bishop of Dionysiana | |
![]() Consecration of the folk altar in Dinkelshausen with Auxiliary Bishop Rudolf Schmid. | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
See | Titular see of Dionysiana |
In office | 1972 -present |
Predecessor | Diego Maria Gómez Tamayo |
Successor | none |
Orders | |
Ordination | 26 June 1938 |
Personal details | |
Born | Schiers, Switzerland | 26 June 1914
Died | 24 June 2012 | (aged 97)
Previous post(s) | Auxiliary bishop of Augsburg Diocese Bishop |
Rudolf Schmid (26 June 1914 – 24 June 2012) was a German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Schmid was born in Schiers, Switzerland in 1914 and was ordained a priest on 26 June 1938, his 24th birthday, with the Augsburg Diocese. He was chaplain in Murnau until 1945. Then he was chaplain in Augsburg, together with , who was Bishop of Augsburg since 1963. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Augsburg Diocese on 3 January 1972; he was ordained on 25 March 1972 titular bishop of Dionysiana. Schmid retired from his position of auxiliary bishop of Augsburg on 11 July 1990 because of his age.[1]
Schmid died on 24 June 2012, two days short of his 98th birthday.
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External links[]
- Catholic-Hierarchy
- Diocese Site (German)
- Rudolf Schmid's obituary (in German)
Categories:
- 20th-century German Roman Catholic bishops
- German Roman Catholic titular bishops
- Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1914 births
- 2012 deaths
- 20th-century German Roman Catholic priests
- German Roman Catholic bishop stubs