Johannes Dyba (15 September 1929 – 23 July 2000) was a German prelate of the Catholic Church who led the Diocese of Fulda from 1983 until his death. He spent his earlier career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Biography
Johannes Dyba was born in Berlin, Germany, on 15 September 1929. He was ordained a priest on 2 February 1959.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1960.
On 25 August 1979, Pope John Paul II named him a titular archbishop, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Gambia and to Liberia, and Apostolic Delegate to Guinea and to Sierra Leone. He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Agostino Casaroli on 13 October 1979.
On 1 June 1983, Pope John Paul named him Bishop of Fulda, allowing him to continue to use the personal title of Archbishop.
On 15 December 1990, Dyba was appointed Military Ordinary of Germany.
Dyba died in Fulda of heart failure on 23 July 2000.
Notes
- The appointment said Dyba was a member of the Central Office of Military Ordinaries.
References
- "Military Ordinariate of Deutsches Militärordinariat, Germany". GCatholic. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXI. 1979. pp. 1054, 1057. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- "Archbishop Johannes Dyba [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXV. 1983. p. 664. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIII. 1991. p. 161. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- "Gestorben: Johannes Dyba". Der Spiegel (in German). 31 July 2000. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- Further reading
- "Römischer Furz: Der Fuldaer Oberhirte Johannes Dyba hat sich zum bösen Geist der deutschen katholischen Bischöfe entwickelt" [Roman fart: The Archbishop of Fulda Johannes Dyba has become the evil spirit of the German Catholic bishops]. Der Spiegel (in German). 28 October 1991.
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- Roman Catholic bishops of Fulda
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- Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 20th-century German Roman Catholic priests
- German Roman Catholic titular archbishops