Paul Hinder

Paul Hinder
Styles of; Paul Hinder
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Paul Hinder
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Paul Hinder; O.F.M. Cap.
	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, Apostolic Administrator of Northern Arabia
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Arabia
In office	31 May 2011 to present
Predecessor	Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli
Other posts	Titular Bishop of Macon
Orders
Ordination	4 July 1967
Consecration	30 January 2004; by Crescenzio Sepe
Personal details
Birth name	Paul Hinder
Born	22 April 1942
Nationality	Swiss
Denomination	Catholic
Previous post	Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (2005–2011), Auxiliary Bishop of Arabia (2003-2005)
Motto	Iustitia et Pax et Gaudium (Justice and Peace and Joy)

Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. (born 22 April 1942) is a Catholic bishop. He is the current Vicar Apostolic in the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia.[1] On 13 May 2020, Bishop Hinder was also appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Arabia.[2] Bishop Hinder was previously appointed as an Auxiliary Bishop in the former Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia on 30 January 2004.[3]

Early life

Paul Hinder was born in Bussnang TG, Switzerland, on 22 April 1942 to Wilhelm Hinder and Agnes Meile. He joined the Franciscan Capuchin Order in 1962 and was ordained a priest on 4 July 1967. After specialized studies in Canon Law in Munich and Fribourg, he obtained his Doctorate in Theology in 1976. He was active as a professor, in the formation of young Capuchins, later as provincial in Switzerland and as General Councillor in Rome for the worldwide Capuchin Order.

Bishop

On 20 December 2003, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Arabia and was ordained Bishop on 30 January 2004 in Abu Dhabi. On 21 March 2005 he succeeded Msgr. Bernardo Gremoli as Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (UAE, Oman, Yemen, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia). After the Vicariate of Arabia was divided into the Northern and Southern Vicariates in 2011, Bishop Paul shepherds the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (UAE, Oman, Yemen).

Bishop Paul is a member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, a consultor to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. He is also a member of the Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions.

References

"Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
"Bishop Paul Hinder appointed as Apostolic Administrator of AVONA". Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
"Episcopal Ordination Of Mons. Paul Hinder, O.F.M., Cap., Auxiliary Bishop Of Arabia". L'Osservatore Romano. The Holy See. 30 January 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2012.

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[1] "Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

[2] "Bishop Paul Hinder appointed as Apostolic Administrator of AVONA". Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia. Retrieved 2020-06-08.

[L'Osservatore_Romano_-_30Jan2004_-_Episcopal_Ordination_Of_Mons._Paul_Hinder,_O.F.M.,_Cap.,_Auxiliary_Bishop_Of_Arabia-3] "Episcopal Ordination Of Mons. Paul Hinder, O.F.M., Cap., Auxiliary Bishop Of Arabia". L'Osservatore Romano. The Holy See. 30 January 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2012.