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Peter Neher
Author · 2 books
Peter Neher, born in 1955 in Pfronten in the Allgäu region, is a theologian with a doctorate and a Catholic priest. After training as a bank clerk, he studied Catholic theology and education and was ordained a priest in Augsburg in 1983. He served, among other roles, as a chaplain, hospital chaplain, parish priest, vice-rector of the Augsburg seminary, and director of Caritas for the Diocese of Augsburg. From 2003 to 2021, he was president of the German Caritas Association. Neher is a trained supervisor and was an honorary professor of Caritas studies at the Philosophical-Theological University of Vallendar. He also chaired the German Federal Association of Non-Statutory Welfare in 2017 and 2018.