Karl-Heinz Wiesemann
Karl-Heinz Wiesemann is the 96th Bishop of Speyer.Life
Wiesemann was born in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia in the archdiocese of Paderborn. He became a chaplain on 10 October 1985 in Rome. He later served as a priest in Bösperde, a suburb of Menden and provost of St. Petrus and Andreas in Brilon.
In 2002 Pope Pope John Paul II named him Auxiliary bishop, which he was ordained on 8 September 2002 in Paderborn cathedral.
On 19 December 2007 Pope Benedict XVI named him the successor to bishop Anton Schlembach. He ascended to the office on 2 March 2008 in the Speyer cathedral.Positions
In January 2014, Wiesemann supported married priests in Roman-Catholic Church.
