Nikodemus C. Schnabel, OSB

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11/12/1978: Born in Stuttgart, Germany
1998- 2000: Studies of Philosophy and Theology with Bachelor degree from the Faculty of Theology in Fulda, Germany
2000- 2001: Studies at the Jerusalem School of Theology ("Theologisches Studienjahr Jerusalem")
2001- 2003: Masters degree from the Theological Faculty of the University of Munich, Germany
2007- 2013: Ph.D. in Liturgical Studies and Eastern Church Studies from the Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna in Austria
17/04/2003: Entered the Benedictine Abbey of the Dormition on Mount Zion in Jerusalem
08/12/2004: Professed First Vows
01/06/2009: Professed Solemn Vows
29/09/2009: Ordained Deacon
15/09/2013: Ordained Priest
09/2013: Parish Priest for the German-Speaking Catholic Community in the Holy Land
2011- present: Director of the Jerusalem Institute of the Görres-Society (Jerusalemer Institut der Görres-Gesellschaft)
2016- 2018: Prior Administrator of Dormition Abbey and Priory of Tabgha
2018- 2019: Advisor for "Religion and Foreign Policy" in the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin
2020- present: Delegate of the Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo in Rome and prefect for the Jerusalem School of Theology ("Theologisches Studienjahr Jerusalem") at Dormition Abbey
01/09/2021: Patriarchal Vicar for the Migrants and Asylum Seekers
03/02/2023: Elected Abbot of the Dormition Abbey and Tabgha Priory