Georg Moser
{{Short description|German Catholic Bishop}}
Georg Moser (10 June 1923 – 9 May 1988){{cite web |url=https://www.bischof-moser-stiftung.de/ueber-uns/bischof-georg-moser/sein-leben/ |title=Biography - Bishop Dr. Georg Moser|author= |date= |website=Bishop Moser Foundation |publisher= |access-date=2024-03-03}} was a German Catholic Bishop. He was the Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.{{cite book |last1=Küng |first1=Hans |title=Disputed Truth: Memoirs Volume 2 |date=3 July 2014 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4729-1098-1 |page=447 |language=en}}
Biography
Moser was born in Leutkirch in the Allgäu. He studied theology at the University of Tübingen from 1942 to 1947.{{cite web |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz65680.html#ndbcontent |title=Moser, Georg |author= |date= |website=Deutsch Biographie |publisher= |access-date=2024-03-03}} He entered the priesthood in 1948. Moser earned his doctorate at the same university in 1962.
On 14 November 1970 he was consecrated bishop in Stuttgart, and on 25 February 1975 he became Bishop of Rottenburg (in 1978 the diocese was renamed Rottenburg-Stuttgart). During his time as bishop, he started the 'Johann Sebastian Drey Foundation' and the 'Family Living Space' foundation.
Moser died in Stuttgart at the age of 65 after a long, difficult illness.
Awards
Publications
- Der Jahre gewinn, lebensbetrachtungen (1973){{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Georg+Moser |title=Moser, Georg |author= |date= |website=Amazon |publisher= |access-date=2024-03-03}}
- China's Katholiken suchen neue Wege (contributor)
- Stille im Lärm, meditationen und anregungen (1981){{cite web |url=https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/moser-georg/ |title=Moser, Georg |author= |date= |website=ABE books |publisher= |access-date=2024-03-03}}
- Was die Welt verändert (1988)
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title=Bishop of Rottenburg|
before=Carl Joseph Leiprecht|
years=1975—1978|
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title=Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart|
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years=1978—1988|
after=Walter Kasper}}
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Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Rottenburg
Category:20th-century German Roman Catholic bishops
Category:People from Leutkirch im Allgäu
Category:University of Tübingen alumni
Category:20th-century German Roman Catholic priests
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