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'''Rudolf Voderholzer''' (9 October 1959) is a [[prelate]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He is [[bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg|Regensburg]] since 2012.

== Life ==
Born in [[Munich]], Voderholzer studied at the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]] where he received an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in 1985 and a diploma in theology in 1986. He was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] to the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]] on 17 June 1987 by [[Friedrich Wetter|Friedrich Cardinal Wetter]] serving in [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising|Munich and Freising]]. He worked as a [[chaplain]] in [[Traunreut]], [[Haar, Bavaria|Haar]] and [[Zorneding]]. In 1992 he became an assistant at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich to [[Gerhard Ludwig Müller]], professor in [[Dogmatic theology]], acquiring a doctorate in theology in 1997. In 2004 he finished his [[habilitation]] period, and that same year he started working in the department for belief- and religionsciences and philosophy at the [[University of Fribourg]], where he was head of department from 2004 till 2005.

From 2005 till 2013 he was professor of Dogmatics and history of dogma at the theological faculty of the [[University of Trier]].

On 6 December 2012 he was appointed bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg|Regensburg]]. Voderholzer received his [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|episcopal consecration]] on 26 January 2013, from [[Reinhard Marx|Reinhard Cardinal Marx]], archbishop of Munich and Freising, with the former bishop of Regensburg, [[Gerhard Ludwig Müller]]; and the bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Plzeň|Plzeň]], [[František Radkovsky]], serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]]. He chose the motto ''Christus in vobis spes gloriae''.

In 2017, it was reported that at least 547 boys in the prestigious Domspatzen choir were physically abused, sexually abused or both between the years 1945 and 1992 and that Voderholzer announced plans to offer victims compensation of between 5,000 and 20,000 euros ($5,730 US and $22,930) each by the end of the year.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/germany-domspatzen-choir-sexual-abuse-1.4210026| title = Decades of sexual abuse reported in choir once led by retired pope Benedict's brother {{!}} CBC News}} </ref>

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*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvoder.html Entry about Rudolf Voderholzer at ''catholic-hierarchy.org'']

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