Heinrich Timmerevers
Heinrich Timmerevers (born 25 August 1952) is a German prelate of the Catholic Church. A bishop since 2001, he has been the 50th Bishop of Dresden-Meissen since 2016. Early life and career Timmerevers was born in Nikolausdorf in Kreis Cloppenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany, on 25 August 1952, the second of six children in a family of farmers in an all-Catholic community. He attended Clemens-August-Gymnasium in Cloppenburg. He studied theology and philosophy at the University of Münster and at University of Freiburg. He wa ordained a priest on 25 May 1980. From 1980 to 1984 he worked as vicar in Visbek. From 1984 to 1989 he was vice-director of the theology college in Münster and cathedral vicar. He then returned to parish work in Visbek in 1990. On 6 July 2001, Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Tulana and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster. He received his episcopal consecration on 2 September 2001 from Reinhard Lettmann, Bishop of Münster. In accordance with local practice, he led the Oldenburg region based in Vechta as an "enclave diocese" more in the manner of an ordinary than an auxiliary. He also met regularly with the evangelical bishop of Oldenburg. He advocated