Philippe Bär [SEP] position held
Philippe Bär
Ronald Philippe Bär, (born July 29, 1928) is a retired Dutch Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Manado, North Sulawesi, then Dutch East Indies. He was bishop of the Diocese of Rotterdam from October 19, 1983, to March 13, 1993, as well as bishop of the Dutch military ordinariate. He resigned unexpectedly because of rumours of homosexual contacts.
Roman Catholic sex abuse case.
In 2011, Bär's name was mentioned in connection with a sex abuse case involving
retired 1975)
- Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands (appointed 6 December 1975 – resigned 22 November 1982)
- Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. (appointed 22 November 1982 – became Military Ordinary 21 July 1986)
Office holders Military ordinaries.
- Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. (appointed 21 July 1986 – resigned 13 March 1993).
- Joseph Marianus Punt (appointed 1 April 1995 as apostolic administrator, "no military ordinaries appointed since 1993").
References.
- Military Ordinariate of the Netherlands (Catholic