Christian Hennecke

Christian Hennecke, born in 1961, is a doctoral Catholic theologian. He studied in Münster and Rome before working as a chaplain and parish priest in northern Germany, including at St. Matthias in Achim near Bremen from 1995 to 2002. From 2002 to 2006, he served as a parish priest in Hildesheim; from 2006 onward, he held leadership roles in the Hildesheim diocese’s seminary and pastoral work. In 2015, he became head of a pastoral or missionary pastoral department within the diocese. He was also responsible for priestly formation for eight years. Hennecke has published numerous books and developed his own approaches to introducing children and adults to the sacrament of penance.