Bishop Jung Chairman of the VDD Association Council

Bishop Franz Jung was elected chairman of the Association Council of the Association of the Dioceses of Germany (VDD) in Cologne, according to a press release. Hildegard Müller was elected deputy chairperson by the Central Committee of German Catholics. The term of office runs until October 31, 2022.

The newly created Association Council is intended to strengthen the cooperation between the VDD and the commissions of the German Bishops’ Conference, prepare strategic issues in the area of ​​responsibility of the association, support the management in the operational management of the association and coordinate the work of the association’s commissions, the DBK writes in its press release .

Other bodies replaced

In a structural reform, the German bishops created a new body a year ago with the so-called Association Council of the Association of Dioceses of Germany, thereby replacing other bodies. On behalf of the German Bishops’ Conference, the VDD has the task of preserving and promoting the legal, economic, administrative and technical issues of the (arch) dioceses it brings together. He assumes the function of legal and employment officer for the German Bishops’ Conference, represents the (arch) dioceses united within him within the scope of his responsibility and advises the members of the association on questions relating to the Church in Germany with regard to the tasks of the association are of strategic importance.

18 voting members

The association council consists of 18 voting members: the chairman of the general assembly of the VDD, six other diocesan bishops, six vicars general, three finance directors and two people on the proposal of the Central Committee of German Catholics. The managing director of the VDD and the head of the office belong to the body in an advisory capacity.

The members of the Association Council are: Bishop Georg Bätzing (Limburg, Chairman of the General Assembly of the VDD), Cardinal Reinhard Marx (Munich and Freising), Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki (Cologne), Archbishop Stefan Heße (Hamburg), Bishop Felix Genn (Münster), Bishop Franz Jung (Chairman, Würzburg), Bishop Ulrich Neymeyr (Erfurt), Vicar General Michael Fuchs (Regensburg), Vicar General Alfons Hardt (Paderborn), Vicar General Father Manfred Kollig SSCC (Berlin), Vicar General Klaus Pfeffer (Essen), Vicar General Clemens Stroppel ( Rottenburg-Stuttgart), Vicar General Andreas Sturm (Speyer), Finance Director Kirsten Straus (Trier), Finance Director Josef Sonnleitner (Passau), Finance Director Gerhard Stanke (Fulda), Professor Thomas Sternberg (Central Committee of German Catholics), Hildegard Müller (Deputy Chair, Central Committee of German Catholics) as well as Jesuit Father Hans Langendörfer (Managing Director of VDD) and Matthias Meyer (Deputy Managing Director) rer of the VDD).

Further information is available on the homepage of the German Bishops’ Conference at www.dbk.de.

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• Würzburg

• Episcopal conferences

• Bishops

• German Bishops’ Conference

• Dioceses

• Archbishops

• Felix Genn

• Franz Jung

• Generalvikare

• Managing directors

• Hildegard Müller

• Cardinals

• Catholics

• Michael Fuchs

• Rainer Woelki

• Reinhard Marx

• Thomas Sternberg

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