Rudolf Michael Schmitz

The Very Reverend Monsignor; Rudolf Michael Schmitz; ICKSP
	Vicar General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Orders
Ordination	10 October 1982; by Joseph Ratzinger
Personal details
Born	22 March 1957; Eitorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Rudolf Michael Schmitz (born 22 March 1957, in Eitorf, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German Catholic prelate. He is currently the Vicar General for the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest.^[1]

Schmitz was ordained a priest on 10 October 1982 by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (future Pope Benedict XVI),^[2] and obtained a doctorate in dogmatic theology in 1988. He served as an assistant lecturer at LMU Munich from 1993 to 1995 before being assigned to the Apostolic Nunciature to Kyrgyzstan and working as a professor at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University in Bishkek. In 2000, he became District Superior for the ICKSP in the United States.^[3]

References

Back to citation "INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST WEBPAGES". www.institute-christ-king.org. Archived from the original on 2000-03-01.
Back to citation "The Pope and the Monsignor | An Interview with Monsignor Michael R. Schmitz". 2009-12-27. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
Back to citation International Colloquium of Historical, Canonical and Theological Studies of the Roman Catholic Liturgy (8th: 2002: Versailles (2003). Liturgy and the sacred: the proceedings of the eighth International Colloquium of Historical, Canonical and Theological Studies on the Roman Catholic Liturgy. Internet Archive. London: CIEL UK. ISBN 978-0-9538361-3-0.

External links

Rudolf Michael Schmitz in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
An Excellent Biography of Msgr. Schmitz Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
The Institute American Homepage Archived 2013-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
The Institute International Page
Photos From an Institute Ordination
Msgr. Schmitz Interview

[1] Back to citation "INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST WEBPAGES". www.institute-christ-king.org. Archived from the original on 2000-03-01.

[2] Back to citation "The Pope and the Monsignor | An Interview with Monsignor Michael R. Schmitz". 2009-12-27. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 2024-11-16.

[3] Back to citation International Colloquium of Historical, Canonical and Theological Studies of the Roman Catholic Liturgy (8th: 2002: Versailles (2003). Liturgy and the sacred: the proceedings of the eighth International Colloquium of Historical, Canonical and Theological Studies on the Roman Catholic Liturgy. Internet Archive. London: CIEL UK. ISBN 978-0-9538361-3-0.

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