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Franz-Josef Overbeck

Dr. Franz-Josef Overbeck has been Bishop of Essen since 2009 and was appointed Catholic Military Bishop for the German Armed Forces in 2011. He has been a delegate of the German Bishops’ Conference for the EU Bishops’ Commission COMECE since 2018 (Vice-President from 2018 to 2023) and Chairman of the Faith Commission of the German Bishops’ Conference since September 2021. In February 2023, Pope Francis appointed him as a member of the Vatican Authority (Dicastery) for Culture and Education. 

Photo: KS/Doreen Bierdel 

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