Former Bishop of the Diocese of Hildesheim, Monsignor Josef Homeyer was born in Harsewinkel, Germany, on August 1, 1929, to a family of farmers. After successfully finishing his studies in philosophy and theology in Münster and Innsbruck, he was ordained to the priesthood at 28 years of age on February 11, 1958, by Bishop Michael Keller for the Diocese of Münster.
Obtaining a doctorate in philosophy in 1955, with his dissertation "Development and Concept of Sociology", he successively served as chaplain of the parishes of St. Josef of Warendorf and of St. Agatha at Mettingen. Diocesan administrator for the parishioners of the see of Münster, Homeyer also served as member of the Counsels Board of the Diocese.
Named Domestic Prelate of His Holiness with the Title of Monsignor by Pope Paul VI, he was furthermore assigned as secretary of the German Episcopal Conference, head of the German Diocesan Association (VDD), and secretary of the Synod for the Dioceses of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Aged 54, Monsignor Homeyer was appointed the 69th Bishop of the Diocese of Hildesheim following the retirement of Msgr. Heinrich Maria Janssen († 1988), by Pope John Paul II, on August 25, 1983, receiving his episcopal consecration on the following November 13, at the Cathedral of Hildesheim, from Cardinal Joseph Höffner († 1987), assisted by the named Bishop Janssen, the future Cardinal Archbishop of Paderborn, Monsignor Johannes Joachim Degenhardt († 2002), Bishop Heinrich Machens († 2001), and Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak († 2000).
Appointed official of the Polish Order on March 26, 2002, the Bishop received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hanover on the following November 26. He was furthermore decorated with the Lower Saxony Country medal on the occasion of his 75th birthday, and with the Order of Holy Sava from the Serbian Orthodox Church. He also received honors from the cities of Gottingen and Hildesheim
Deputy Chairman of the Protestant-Catholic Conversation Circle, he was also a member of the "Ordinances" Social Commission, of the World Church Commission, the Joint Conference of the German Episcopal Conference of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK). He retired from the pastoral government of his see at 75 years of age on August 20, 2004, being succeeded by Msgr. Norbert Trelle.
Monsignor Josef Homeyer died unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in the morning, aged 80, after undergoing an operation at the St. Bernward - Krankenhaus of Hildesheim. Funeral Mass for the late Bishop was celebrated on Saturday, April 10, 2010, at 10.00 am., inside the Dom St. Maria of Hildesheim, followed by interment in the bishops' crypt.
Obtaining a doctorate in philosophy in 1955, with his dissertation "Development and Concept of Sociology", he successively served as chaplain of the parishes of St. Josef of Warendorf and of St. Agatha at Mettingen. Diocesan administrator for the parishioners of the see of Münster, Homeyer also served as member of the Counsels Board of the Diocese.
Named Domestic Prelate of His Holiness with the Title of Monsignor by Pope Paul VI, he was furthermore assigned as secretary of the German Episcopal Conference, head of the German Diocesan Association (VDD), and secretary of the Synod for the Dioceses of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Aged 54, Monsignor Homeyer was appointed the 69th Bishop of the Diocese of Hildesheim following the retirement of Msgr. Heinrich Maria Janssen († 1988), by Pope John Paul II, on August 25, 1983, receiving his episcopal consecration on the following November 13, at the Cathedral of Hildesheim, from Cardinal Joseph Höffner († 1987), assisted by the named Bishop Janssen, the future Cardinal Archbishop of Paderborn, Monsignor Johannes Joachim Degenhardt († 2002), Bishop Heinrich Machens († 2001), and Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak († 2000).
Appointed official of the Polish Order on March 26, 2002, the Bishop received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hanover on the following November 26. He was furthermore decorated with the Lower Saxony Country medal on the occasion of his 75th birthday, and with the Order of Holy Sava from the Serbian Orthodox Church. He also received honors from the cities of Gottingen and Hildesheim
Deputy Chairman of the Protestant-Catholic Conversation Circle, he was also a member of the "Ordinances" Social Commission, of the World Church Commission, the Joint Conference of the German Episcopal Conference of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK). He retired from the pastoral government of his see at 75 years of age on August 20, 2004, being succeeded by Msgr. Norbert Trelle.
Monsignor Josef Homeyer died unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in the morning, aged 80, after undergoing an operation at the St. Bernward - Krankenhaus of Hildesheim. Funeral Mass for the late Bishop was celebrated on Saturday, April 10, 2010, at 10.00 am., inside the Dom St. Maria of Hildesheim, followed by interment in the bishops' crypt.
Former Bishop of the Diocese of Hildesheim, Monsignor Josef Homeyer was born in Harsewinkel, Germany, on August 1, 1929, to a family of farmers. After successfully finishing his studies in philosophy and theology in Münster and Innsbruck, he was ordained to the priesthood at 28 years of age on February 11, 1958, by Bishop Michael Keller for the Diocese of Münster.
Obtaining a doctorate in philosophy in 1955, with his dissertation "Development and Concept of Sociology", he successively served as chaplain of the parishes of St. Josef of Warendorf and of St. Agatha at Mettingen. Diocesan administrator for the parishioners of the see of Münster, Homeyer also served as member of the Counsels Board of the Diocese.
Named Domestic Prelate of His Holiness with the Title of Monsignor by Pope Paul VI, he was furthermore assigned as secretary of the German Episcopal Conference, head of the German Diocesan Association (VDD), and secretary of the Synod for the Dioceses of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Aged 54, Monsignor Homeyer was appointed the 69th Bishop of the Diocese of Hildesheim following the retirement of Msgr. Heinrich Maria Janssen († 1988), by Pope John Paul II, on August 25, 1983, receiving his episcopal consecration on the following November 13, at the Cathedral of Hildesheim, from Cardinal Joseph Höffner († 1987), assisted by the named Bishop Janssen, the future Cardinal Archbishop of Paderborn, Monsignor Johannes Joachim Degenhardt († 2002), Bishop Heinrich Machens († 2001), and Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak († 2000).
Appointed official of the Polish Order on March 26, 2002, the Bishop received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hanover on the following November 26. He was furthermore decorated with the Lower Saxony Country medal on the occasion of his 75th birthday, and with the Order of Holy Sava from the Serbian Orthodox Church. He also received honors from the cities of Gottingen and Hildesheim
Deputy Chairman of the Protestant-Catholic Conversation Circle, he was also a member of the "Ordinances" Social Commission, of the World Church Commission, the Joint Conference of the German Episcopal Conference of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK). He retired from the pastoral government of his see at 75 years of age on August 20, 2004, being succeeded by Msgr. Norbert Trelle.
Monsignor Josef Homeyer died unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in the morning, aged 80, after undergoing an operation at the St. Bernward - Krankenhaus of Hildesheim. Funeral Mass for the late Bishop was celebrated on Saturday, April 10, 2010, at 10.00 am., inside the Dom St. Maria of Hildesheim, followed by interment in the bishops' crypt.
Obtaining a doctorate in philosophy in 1955, with his dissertation "Development and Concept of Sociology", he successively served as chaplain of the parishes of St. Josef of Warendorf and of St. Agatha at Mettingen. Diocesan administrator for the parishioners of the see of Münster, Homeyer also served as member of the Counsels Board of the Diocese.
Named Domestic Prelate of His Holiness with the Title of Monsignor by Pope Paul VI, he was furthermore assigned as secretary of the German Episcopal Conference, head of the German Diocesan Association (VDD), and secretary of the Synod for the Dioceses of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Aged 54, Monsignor Homeyer was appointed the 69th Bishop of the Diocese of Hildesheim following the retirement of Msgr. Heinrich Maria Janssen († 1988), by Pope John Paul II, on August 25, 1983, receiving his episcopal consecration on the following November 13, at the Cathedral of Hildesheim, from Cardinal Joseph Höffner († 1987), assisted by the named Bishop Janssen, the future Cardinal Archbishop of Paderborn, Monsignor Johannes Joachim Degenhardt († 2002), Bishop Heinrich Machens († 2001), and Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak († 2000).
Appointed official of the Polish Order on March 26, 2002, the Bishop received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hanover on the following November 26. He was furthermore decorated with the Lower Saxony Country medal on the occasion of his 75th birthday, and with the Order of Holy Sava from the Serbian Orthodox Church. He also received honors from the cities of Gottingen and Hildesheim
Deputy Chairman of the Protestant-Catholic Conversation Circle, he was also a member of the "Ordinances" Social Commission, of the World Church Commission, the Joint Conference of the German Episcopal Conference of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK). He retired from the pastoral government of his see at 75 years of age on August 20, 2004, being succeeded by Msgr. Norbert Trelle.
Monsignor Josef Homeyer died unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in the morning, aged 80, after undergoing an operation at the St. Bernward - Krankenhaus of Hildesheim. Funeral Mass for the late Bishop was celebrated on Saturday, April 10, 2010, at 10.00 am., inside the Dom St. Maria of Hildesheim, followed by interment in the bishops' crypt.
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