German bishops abroad: strong connections to home!

German bishops abroad: strong connections to home!

The appointments in the Apostolic Cardinal College show great attention to the international Catholic community. Among the new cardinals called Pope Francis are the two Steyler missionaries Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi Svd from Tokyo and Ladislav Nemet SVD from Belgrade. Provincial Christian Stranz praises her extensive pastoral experience and the ability to support Pope Francis in the management of the World Church, as Noen.at reported.

The global range of German bishops is illustrated by the example of Bishop Fernando Bahlmann Ofm in Brazil. He has been living in Brazil for 40 years and has an impressive career behind him, which made him the first bishop of the Amazoni diocese of óbidos. Its predecessors, also from Germany, continued the tradition. In the meantime, the appointment of Adolfo Bitschi as a consecration bishop in Bolivia shows the connection to the home he maintains. Bitschi regularly returns to Eichstätt to work there and report on his experiences in Bolivia, such as katholisch.de

These appointments not only underline the diversity of the Catholic Church, but also the commitment of German clergymen in the various dioceses abroad. Bishop Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, as Bishop of Ji-Paraná in Brazil, focused on the unique local conditions. He is committed to ensuring that church structures stay close to humans and resources are effectively directed to the communities, which emphasizes the urgency and practical challenges of his mission.