Rudolf Schmid (26 June 1914 – 24 June 2012) was a
German
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prelate
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Schmid was born in
Schiers
Schiers () is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the political district Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden. The first concrete girder bridge ever built, Salginatobel Bridge, is located in Schiers. Designed ...
, Switzerland in 1914 and was ordained a priest on 26 June 1938, his 24th birthday, with the
Augsburg Diocese. He was
chaplain
A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intellige ...
in
Murnau until 1945. Then he was chaplain in Augsburg, together with
Josef Stimpfle, who was Bishop of Augsburg since 1963. He was appointed
Auxiliary Bishop
An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions.
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of the
Augsburg Diocese on 3 January 1972; he was ordained on 25 March 1972
titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of Dionysiana. Schmid retired from his position of
auxiliary bishop
An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions.
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of
Augsburg
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on 11 July 1990 because of his age.
Schmid died on 24 June 2012, two days short of his 98th birthday.
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Rudolf Schmid's obituary
20th-century German Roman Catholic bishops
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Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1914 births
2012 deaths
20th-century German Roman Catholic priests
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