Question: Facts: - death place: kaiserslautern , germany - title: titular bishop of sufar - previous post: auxiliary bishop of diocese of speyer bishop - see: titular see of sufar - type: bishop - term: 1971-2013 - successor: none - church: roman catholic church - ordination: july 3 , 1949 - predecessor: carlos schmitt - death date: 27 september 2013 - birth date: 30 january 1919 - name: ernst gutting - birth place: ludwigshafen , germany Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ernst gutting .
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ernst gutting -lrb- january 30 , 1919 -- september 27 , 2013 -rrb- was a german prelate of the roman catholic church .as of 2013 he was the oldest german roman catholic bishop .gutting was born in ludwigshafen , germany , and was ordained a priest on july 3 , 1949 .gutting was appointed auxiliary bishop of the diocese of speyer , as well as titular bishop of sufar , on may 31 , 1971 and ordained a bishop on september 12 , 1971 .gutting retired as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of speyer on february 24 , 1994 .