Heiner Koch

Quick Facts

Full Name	Heiner Koch
Occupation	Theologian
Date Of Birth	Jun 13, 1954(1954-06-13)
Age	70
Birthplace	Düsseldorf
Country	Germany
Birth City	North Rhine-Westphalia
Horoscope	Gemini

Heiner Koch Biography

Heiner Koch is one of the most popular and richest Theologian who was born on June 13, 1954 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Heiner Koch (born 13 June 1954) is a German prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been the Archbishop of Berlin since September 2015. He was an auxiliary bishop in Cologne from 2006 to 2013 and Bishop of Dresden-Meissen from 2013 to 2015.

On 17 March 2006, Pope Benedict XVI named him auxiliary bishop of Cologne with the titular see of Ros Cré. He was consecrated a bishop on 7 May 2006 by Joachim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, with Manfred Melzer and Rainer Maria Woelki as co-consecrators. He chose as his episcopal motto the Latin phrase Gaudete semper Dominus prope, “Rejoice always, the Lord is near”, taken from the Epistle to the Philippians Phil 4:4.

Heiner Koch Net Worth

Heiner Koch is one of the richest Theologian from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Heiner Koch 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Koch was born on 13 June 1954 in Düsseldorf, Germany He studied theology, philosophy and education at the University of Bonn and completed his examinations in education science. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Cologne on 13 June 1980, his 26th birthday. He held a variety of positions in Cologne and was often involved in youth ministry. While doing parish work he earned a doctorate in theology with a dissertation on the significance of liberation in Christian religious education. Since 1995 he has been president of the Federation of Historic German Shooting Clubs (German: Historischer Deutschen Schützenbruderschaften (BHDS)). Beginning in 2002 he served as Pro- Vicar General and Secretary General for the committee that organized the celebration of World Youth Day in Cologne in 2005.

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On 8 June 2015, Pope Francis named Koch Archbishop of Berlin. Following the procedures revived in 1989 following the reunion of Germany, Koch was first elected by the Berlin church and Pope Francis, seeing no objection, made the appointment. Koch was installed in Berlin on 16 March.

Facts & Trivia

Roxana Ranked on the list of most popular Theologian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Heiner Koch celebrates birthday on June 13 of every year.

Koch, though an advocate for reconciliation between the Church and the LGBT community, denounced the German Bundestag’s vote to legalize same-sex marriage on 30 June 2017. He said “As a Church, we respect same-sex partnerships in which mutual responsibility and care are taken” but he argued for maintaining a distinction between same-sex and different-sex relationships: “differentiation isn’t discrimination, and same-sex cohabitation can be valued through other institutional arrangements without opening up the legal institute of marriage”.