Felix Gmür, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Felix Gmür

Swiss catholic prelate

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1966

Place of Birth: Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

Profession: Catholic priest, theologian

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Felix Gmür

  • Felix Gmür (born 7 June 1966) is a Swiss Roman Catholic bishop.
  • He is the bishop of Basel since his episcopal consecration on 16 January 2011.
  • He had previously served as secretary of the Swiss Bishops' Conference. Gmür was born in Lucerne in 1966.
  • From 1986 to 1990 he studied philosophy at the School of Philosophy (of the Jesuits) in Munich and at the Sèvres Centre in Paris and received a licentiate in philosophy.
  • From 1990 to 1994 he studied theology at the Universities of Fribourg and Munich, ending with a degree in theology. After 1994 he continued his studies of philosophy and exegesis in Munich, also attending courses in art history.
  • In 1997 he obtained his doctorate in philosophy on the aesthetics of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
  • While studying in Munich was a student at the supraregional seminary of that city, the Herzogliches Georgianum. From 1997 to 1999 did the pastoral internship in the diocese of Basel, working first as a pastoral assistant and later as a deacon in the parish of S.
  • Antonio in Basel.
  • He was ordained a priest on 30 May 1999 in Lucerne for the diocese of Basel.
  • From 1999 to 2001 and was then vicar of that parish administrator of St.
  • Antonio in Basel.
  • From 2001 to 2004 he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University as a student at the Pontifical Teutonic Institute of Santa Maria dell'Anima.
  • From 2004 to 2006 he was Vice-Rector of the Major Seminary in Basel to Lucerne, while working in parishes and Menzingen Neuheim.
  • From 2006 until 2010 he served as secretary of the Swiss Bishops' Conference.Gmür was chosen by an 18-head advisory council of the cantonal bishopric on 8 September but his nomination had to be approved by the pope.
  • Basel is Switzerland’s largest bishopric and has a history of choosing young heads.
  • His predessor Kurt Koch was 45 when he took office in 1996 and his predecessor Hansjörg Vogel was 43 – although he had to step down 14 months later when it turned out he had a daughter.
  • Gmür was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 23 November 2010.
  • Gmür was consecrated and installed on 16 January 2011, in Olten. In September 2019, Gmür allowed blessings of same-sex marriages in diocese of Basel.

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