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Bishop of Trier
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20 March 1963(Mayen)
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Stephan Ackermann (born March 20, 1963, in Mayen) is a German bishop. He was appointed Bishop of Trier (or Treves) in the Moselle area of Germany, in 2009.
Biography
He had previously served with the title of Sozopolis in Haemimonto as auxiliary bishop in the same diocese from 2006. Ackermann was educated at secondary school level in Andernach. He has studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and at the Jesuit-run Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt. In 2000 he received his doctoral degree at Fachbereich Dogmatik bei P. Medard Kehl SJ.
The French newspaper La Croix has described Ackermann as a vigorous spokesman for the Catholic Church in Germany.