He spent two semesters with German and Latin studies at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.

He passed the theological final examination in 1960 at the University of St. Georgen, in the same year he was ordained a priest by Wilhelm Kempf, bishop of Limburg.

[1] Bishop Kempf granted permission for Lohfink to pursue a doctorate in theology with the requirement that he would initially serve as a pastor for a year in Frankfurt.

[2] In 1973 Lohfink became a lecturer of the New Testament at the Catholic theological faculty of the University of Tübingen, appointed professor in 1976.

[2] In his books he tried hard to achieve a language that was simple, modern and comprehensible, having in mind readers such as his parents.

[2] He completed the book Warum ich an Gott glaube (Why I believe in God) shortly before his death, as a personal legacy; it is scheduled to appear in fall 2024.

[1] Lohfink died in Ebenhausen, his last residence,[4] on 2 April 2024, at the age of 89, after a short severe illness.