Mr. Gerhard Pieschl, honorary doctor of the Faculty of Adult Education and Human Management Resources, University of Pécs since 11 March 2010.
Gerhard Pieschl was born on the 23rd of January 1934 in Czechoslovakia in an ethnically German family. He finished his high school and higher education studies in philosophy and theology in the German cities of Königstein, Freiburg and Mainz.
He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the Limburg Cathedral on the 8th of December in 1960. Between 1962 and 1968 he was vice-governor of the Hadmari Episcopal Hall and parish priest in Bad Ems, Bad Schwalbach and Frankfurt.
In September 1977 Pope Paul VI appointed him the Misenum's honorary bishop and in October he was enthroned in the Cathedral of Frankfurt as Limburg's honorary bishop. In September of 1979 he became the dean of the Cathedral of Limburg. From May of 1979 till May of 2000 he worked as the German Episcopal Conference's catholic ministerial law enforcement commissioner.
Mr. Gerhard Pieschl's scientific work focuses on the study of the connections between the Catholic Church and human rights. He gave an impressive presentation on this subject at the University of Pécs, Faculty of Adult Education and Human Resources Development, entitled The Catholic Church and human rights - Support and omissions.