Rev. Monsignor R. Michael Schmitz
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Msgr. Michael Schmitz is Vicar General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest and is Provincial Superior for the United States. Msgr. Schmitz was ordained by then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1982. He took a license in Canon Law at the state university in Munich, Bavaria, where he later became an assistant professor at Munich State University. In 1995, Msgr. Schmitz was appointed cultural attaché to the Apostolic Nunciature in Kyrgyzstan Central Asia and became the first priest holding a chair at a former Russian university. At this time he helped the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest establish a foundation in Germany and was responsible for the German-speaking countries in the Institute of Christ the King. He was incardinated in the Institute of Christ the King on the feast day of the Nativity of Our Lady 2000. He is a chaplain of the Order of Malta, a member of the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Rome, co-editor of various theological publications, and author of four books, and more than one hundred other publications.