Chair of Canon Law

The team of the Chair of Canon Law welcomes you on these pages. Here we inform you about the profile of our department, the tasks of the chair, introduce the staff and their main areas of research. You will also find current information about conferences and excursions.

Current lectures lectures in the summer semester 2021

Team Current team and alumni

Profile and research Main focus and projects

News

14. July 2021

Faith and Order launches “courageous” study document and a tool for churches to engage in moral discernment

Churches and Moral Discernment III

Events

No news available.

Consultor of the Synod of Bishops - "It's going to be an exciting story."

The universal Church will have much to learn from the global south at the Synod of Bishops about Synodality in the fall of 2023. "It's going to be an exciting story," said Prof. Myriam Wijlens, whom Pope Francis recently appointed as a consultor of the Synod of Bishops. She considers Synodality - the common journeying of the People of God - to be an extremely urgent topic.

You can read the whole article about the interview of Prof. Wijlens with Grudrun Sailer from Vatican News here.

Wijlens and Franziskus — Foto: Vatican News

Information for students

Examination matters

Here you will find important information about exams in canon law.

Materials:

The following materials are generally permitted in the canon law examinations and are provided by the examination chairpersons/supervisors:

- Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC), with a supplement on the amendments in the case of older editions.

- Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium (CCEO).

Tools and recommendations

Here, in the future, there will be recommendations on various working materials and basic literature.

Perspectives after graduation

Today, our graduates are active in many areas in Church and society, for example, in the German Bishops' Conference, in (inter)diocesan offices or in the leadership of a diocese.
Do you have questions about how to continue in the field of canon law after graduation?
We will be happy to advise you!