Hans-Josef Becker

Hans-Josef Becker (8 June 1948 in Belecke, Warstein, Germany) is the Catholic archbishop of Paderborn, Germany.

Life

Hans Josef Becker completed his advanced level examination in 1967, in Rüthen. Subsequently, he completed a teaching study, which was confirmed with a second state examination in 1972. Thereafter, he studied theology and philosophy in Paderborn and Munich. On 11 June 1977 he was consecrated to the priesthood by Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt. infobox bishopstyles
name=Hans-Josef Becker
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=Your Excellency
relstyle=Monsignor
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From 1979 to 1995, he worked as a pastor in Minden, Paderborn and Lippstadt. In the following four years, Becker led the Central Department of Pastoral Personnel ("Zentralabteilung Pastorales Personal") for the Archbishopric of Paderborn. In 1999, he was appointed the auxiliary bishop of Paderborn by Pope John Paul II. After the death of Archbishop Degenhardt in the year 2002, Becker functioned for about a year as more of a diocesan administrator, before he was appointed as Archbishop of Paderborn on 28 September 2003.

Since 2006, Becker has been a chairman of the Commission for Education and Schools in the Conference of the German Bishops.

Literature

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Translated from the [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Josef_Becker German Wikipedia] (24 March 2007)

External links

* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdegjj.html Archbishop Hans-Josef Becker] at Catholic-Hierarchy.com
* [http://www.i-basis.de/dp/ansicht/kunden/generalvikariat/erzbistum/index.phtml?ber_id=143 Official website]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany (28 September 2003 - present)
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