Stefan Heße
Stefan Heße | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Hamburg | |
Heße at a press conference in 2015 | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Archdiocese of Hamburg |
| Appointed | 26 January 2015 |
| Installed | 14 March 2015 |
| Predecessor | Werner Thissen |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 June 1993 by Cardinal Joachim Meisner |
| Consecration | 14 March 2015 by Franz-Josef Hermann Bode, Bishop of Osnabrück |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1966 |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn University of Regensburg |
| Motto | Apud Deum omnia possibilia (Latin: With God all things are possible) |
| Coat of arms | |
Stefan Heße (born 7 August 1966) is a German Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Hamburg since 2015. The youngest diocesan bishop in Germany, he has often been outspoken on social and religious topics.