Udo Marcus Bentz

Udo Marcus Bentz (born 3 March 1967) is a German prelate of the Catholic Church who has been named the metropolitan archbishop of Paderborn.

He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Mainz on 1 July 1995 by Bishop Karl Lehmann.

After further studies he joined Albert Raffelt at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg in 2007 working toward a doctorate in theology and history.

He was pastorally active in the parishes of St. Michael in Sprendlingen (2002–2004) and of St. Peter Canisius in Mainz-Gonsenheim (2004–2007).

[citation needed] On 15 July 2015, Pope Francis named him an auxiliary bishop of Mainz.