Ulrich Neymeyr (born 12 August 1957 in Worms-Herrnsheim) is a German Roman Catholic bishop.
Life In Mainz, Neymeyr studied Roman Catholic theology and philosophy at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. He became on June 12, 1982 priest. On 20 February 2003 Neymeyr was appointed auxiliary bishop of Mainz and became titular bishop of Maraguia. Since November 22, 2014 Neymeyr is bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Erfurt. He followed Erfurt bishop Joachim Wanke.Bishop Neymeyr on website of Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz In December 2018 and again in January 2020, Neymeyr supported married priests in Roman Catholic Church.Katholisch.de :Neymeyr: Offen für verheiratete Priester im Bistum Erfurt, December 2018 Katholisch.de:Neymeyr: Zölibat ist kein unabänderliches Kirchengesetz , January 2020
External links
Diocese Erfurt: Ulrich Neymeyr Bishop Neymeyr on website of Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz MDR.de: Kirchenvertreter und Zentralrat der Juden warnen vor Spaltung der Gesellschaft (German)
RTL.de: Bischof Neymeyr warnt vor "parteilichen Machtspielen" (German)
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