Viktor Josef Dammertz

Viktor Josef Dammertz
Bishop of Augsburg
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	24 December 1992
Term ended	9 June 2004
Predecessor	Josef Stimpfle
Successor	Walter Mixa
Previous post(s)	6th Abbot Primate of the Order of St. Benedict Archabbot of St. Ottilien Archabbey Abbot President of the St. Ottilien Congregation
Orders
Ordination	21 September 1957 by Bishop Josef Freundorfer
Consecration	30 January 1993 by Cardinal Friedrich Wetter
Personal details
Born	Josef Dammertz 8 June 1929 Schaephuysen, Germany
Died	2 March 2020(2020-03-02) (aged 90) St. Ottilien Archabbey, Germany
Buried	Augsburg Cathedral
Education	J.C.D. 1960 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Alma mater	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Pontificio Sant'Anselmo
Motto	Für euch - mit euch For you - with you
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Viktor Josef Dammertz (8 June 1929 – 2 March 2020) was a German Benedictine monk of St. Ottilien Archabbey located in Bavaria, Germany, which is part of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien. He was elected and served as the sixth Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict from 1977–1992. He was nominated by Pope John Paul II as Bishop of the Diocese of Augsburg on 24 December 1992, consecrated on 30 January 1993, and resigned on 9 June 2004.