Clemens Pickel

Roman Catholic
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Clemens Pickel (

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Education

From 1968 till 1978 he learned at school, in 1978–1981 in the pre-seminary «Norbertinum» in Magdeburg. In 1981–1986 Pickel studied at the Graduate Theological Seminary "St. Albert the Great" in Erfurt, in 1987/1988 in the pastoral seminary in Neuzelle.

Priesthood

Pickel was ordained a deacon on 19 December 1987, and a priest on 25 June 1988. From 1988–1990 he was vicar of the parish of St. Mary Magdalene in the town

appointed him Titular Bishop Husyry. Episcopal ordination was on 7 June 1998 in Marks, when he became the youngest bishop in Europe. On 23 November 1999 Apostolic Administrator of the South European part of Russia. From 1999 Member of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia, Chairman of the Commission on Affairs of the parishioners, and youth movements and the Commission KKER "pastoral – a vocation." Since 2001 he is a member of the Pontifical Council "Cor unum". On 11 February 2002 he became bishop of the Diocese of Saint Clement in Saratov. On 15 December 2003 Pickel finally got a residence permit in Russia.

External links

• http://www.sibgerold.ru/circ_Pikkel.php
• https://web.archive.org/web/20030920233537/http://religion.ng.ru/printed/facts/2002-06-19/6_nationality.html
• http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpickel.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20050505115215/http://www.strana.ru/stories/02/04/22/2780/169727.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071216111303/http://www.cecr.ru/conf/southern.php
• http://www.kathtube.com/player.php?id=7775 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.kath-ru.blogspot.com.br