Franz-Josef Hermann Bode
Franz-Josef Hermann Bode (Paderborn, 16 February 1951) is bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany, since 1995.
Biography
Bode was ordained a priest on 13 December 1975 for the archdiocese of Paderborn.
On 5 June 1991 he was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Paderborn and titulary bishop of Mattiana. He was created bishop on 1 September 1991. The main consecrator was Johannes Joachim Degenhardt and co-consecrators Hans Leo Drewes and Paul Consbruch. On 12 September 1995 he was appointed bishop of Osnabrück and installed on 26 November 1995.
In January 2018 Bode said in an interview with German journalists, that blessing of same-sex unions are in roman-catholic churches in Germany possible.[1]
Awards
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References
- ↑ NDR.de: Bischof für Segnung von homosexuellen Paaren (German), 10 January, 2018
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External links
- Catholic Hierarchy bio [self-published]
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