consecrated_by appointed predecessor consecration birth_place title nationality type coat_of_arms article_title birth_date term_start motto image ordination name church ordained_by
joachim meisner 12 december 1994 klaus hemmerle 11 february 1995 osterwick bishop of aachen german bishop coat of arms of heinrich mussinghoff.svg heinrich mussinghoff
 29 october 1940 11 february 1995 parate viam domini halverde_heinrich_mussinghoff_03 . jpg 29 june 1968 heinrich mussinghoff roman catholic joseph höffner
heinrich mussinghoff

most reverend dr. heinrich mussinghoff -lrb- born october 29 , 1940 -rrb- is the roman catholic bishop of aachen , germany .
born in osterwick -lrb- now rosendahl -rrb- in northwestern westphalia , he studied philosophy and theology in münster and freiburg .
1968 he was consecrated as priest in münster by bishop joseph höffner .
he first worked as chaplain of herten , then became secretary of bishop heinrich tenhumberg .
in december 1994 he was appointed as bishop of aachen , and was consecrated on february 11 , 1995 by cardinal joachim meisner in the aachen cathedral .
