Rainer Maria Schießler

Rainer Maria Schießler (born 7 October 1960 in Munich) is a German Roman Catholic priest.

Due his unconventional style of pastoral ministry and his presence in the media he is said to be one of the most famous men of the church in Bavaria.

[1][2] Schießler grew up in the district of the parish "Zu den heiligen zwölf Aposteln" in Munich-Laim.

[3][4] After a break of two years he worked in 2015 another time at the Octoberfest and donated his earnings to a charity project for Syria initiated by the Bavarian comedian Christian Springer.

[6] Since December 2012 he has had his own Talkshow called Pfarrer Schießler, which is produced and broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk.