Hilarios Karl-Heinz Ungerer

Hilarios Karl-Heinz Ungerer (born 1941 in Nuremberg) is a Free Catholic Church in Germany bishop in Munich,^[1] though he ministered through other independent European churches. Ungerer was a co-consecrator along with Bishop Roberto Garrido Padin of Bishop Rómulo Antonio Braschi in 1998, who ordained a group of women known as the Danube Seven in 2002.

History

In 1967, Ungerer was ordained as a priest in the independent Catholic church movement in Germany twice, and was consecrated as a bishop several years later.^{[2][lower-alpha 1]}

Ungerer opened a storefront church in Munich. In 1976, he became part of the German branch of the Mariavite Church, On 6 October 1976 Ungerer was consecrated sub conditione as a bishop by Mariavite Bishop Norbert Maas, but on 8 August 1978 he was separated from that association.

Since then Ungerer has led the Free Catholic Church in Germany, considered to be a German expression of the independent Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church.

Notes

1. Ungerer was initially ordained as a priest by Eglise Catholique Gallicane Autocéphale Bishop Jean Damge (religious name Cyprian) in 1967. He was first consecrated as a bishop by (religious name Mar Emanuel) in 1970.^[2]

References

1. "About the Free Catholic Church". freikatholische-kirche.de. Munich, DE: Freikatholische Kirche in Deutschland e.V. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
2. Weihedaten des Jurisdiktionsträgers [...] Ungerer [...] (image) (in German). Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2015-10-26. Found in "About the Free Catholic Church". freikatholische-kirche.de. Munich, DE: Freikatholische Kirche in Deutschland e.V. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-12-23.