Klaus Hemmerle (April 3, 1929 in Freiburg im Breisgau – January 23, 1994 in Aachen) was a Roman Catholic bishop in Aachen, Germany.[1] He was ordained as a priest in 1952 and became bishop of the Diocese of Aachen in 1975.[1] He was inspired by Chiara Lubich, who said she was also inspired by him and considered him one of the co-founders of the Focolare Movement due to his teachings on theology and philosophy, and particularly his views on plural thinking and unity.[2][3][4][5]

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  1. ^ a b Bishop Klaus Hemmerle at Catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. ^ Klaus Hemmerle: for Church and for Society, Focolare.org, May 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Bishops, Focolare.org.
  4. ^ Trinitarian Ontology amid philosophy and theology: Tracing the footsteps of Klaus Hemmerle, a breakthrough philosopher, Sophia.org, December 2014.
  5. ^ Hemmerle, Klaus, A Decalogue for Priests, St. Clare Sisters Retreat Ministry.

Additional sources

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  • Literature by and about Klaus Hemmerle in the German National Library catalogue
  • Ekkart Sauser (1998). "Hemmerle, Klaus". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 14. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1084–1086. ISBN 3-88309-073-5.
  • Wilfried Hagemann: Verliebt in Gottes Wort. Leben, Denken und Wirken von Klaus Hemmerle, Bischof von Aachen. Würzburg, Echter, 2008. ISBN 978-3-429-03052-0
  • Thorsten Obst: Das Heilige und das Denken. Untersuchungen zur Phänomenologie des Heiligen bei Klaus Hammerle. Würzburg, Echter, 2010. ISBN 978-3-429-03316-3
  • Klaus Meyer-Schwickerath (2010), Wegbereiter des Lichts : Prof. Klaus Hemmerle, Bischof von Aachen 1975–1994 und Prof. Gerd Meyer-Schwickerath, Direktor der Augenklinik Essen 1959–1985 (in German), Aachen: Mainz, ISBN 978-3-8107-0094-0
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