Hans-Josef Becker is the Catholic archbishop of Paderborn, Germany.
Education
Hans Josef Becker completed his advanced level examination in 1967, in RĂ¼then Subsequently, he completed a teaching study, which was confirmed with a second state examination in 1972. There after, he studied theology and philosophy in Paderborn and Munich.
Career
On 11 June 1977 he was consecrated to the priesthood by Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt. From 1979 to 1995, he worked as a pastor in Minden, Paderborn and Lippstadt. In the following four years, Becker led the Central Department of Pastoral Personnel (Zentralabteilung Pastorales Personal) for the Archbishopric of Paderborn.
In 1999, he was appointed the auxiliary bishop of Paderborn by Pope John Paul World War II After the death of Archbishop Degenhardt in the year 2002, Becker functioned for about a year as more of a diocesan administrator, before he was appointed as Archbishop of Paderborn on 28 September 2003.
Since 2006, Becker has been a chairman of the Commission for Education and Schools in the Conference of the German Bishops.