Franz-Josef Bode

Franz-Josef Hermann Bode

Coat of arms of Franz-Josef Bode

Franz-Josef Hermann Bode (Paderborn, 16 February 1951) is bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück, Germany, since 1995.

Biography

Bode was ordained a priest on 13 December 1975 for the archdiocese of Paderborn.

On 5 June 1991 he was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Paderborn and titulary bishop of Mattiana. He was created bishop on 1 September 1991. The main consecrator was Johannes Joachim Degenhardt and co-consecrators Hans Leo Drewes and Paul Consbruch. On 12 September 1995 he was appointed bishop of Osnabrück and installed on 26 November 1995.

In January 2018 Bode said in an interview with German journalists, that blessing of same-sex unions are in roman-catholic churches in Germany possible.

Awards

• Courage-Preis - By the city of Bad Iburg, awarded to the best contributor to the common good
• Justus-Möser-Medaille - By the city of Osnabrück, awarded to the best contributor to the common good

Publications

• Zeit mit Gott. Ein Stundenbuch. Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-460-28044-1
• Zeit mit Gott. Ein Stundenbuch II. Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-460-28077-9
• Priester: Wurzeln und Visionen einer spannenden Berufung. Osnabrück 2009. ISBN 978-3-925164-46-0

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy bio ^{[self-published]}