Oliver Schmitz

Oliver Schmitz (born 1983) holds degrees in law and Catholic theology. He studied law in Bochum and Catholic theology in Bochum and Freiburg. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Essen in 2017. He subsequently worked as a chaplain and youth officer at the provost parish of St. Pankratius in Oberhausen-Osterfeld, where he was involved, among other things, in realizing the Kibar project (“Kirche erlebbar,” or “Church Made Tangible”).