- Head of the Benedictine Order since 2000.
- Although being a monk, he is the guitarist of a hard rock band called "Feedback" and -ironically- once said in an interview that his favorite song was AC/DC's "Highway to Hell".
- Wolf had numerous books, articles, interviews, videos, music CD's, and online streaming platform content.
- In 1965, he began studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich where he concentrated in the interdisciplinary fields of theology, philosophy, and natural sciences (zoology, inorganic chemistry, and the history of astronomy).
- Wolf made his profession as a Benedictine monk on 17 September 1962, and was given the name "Notker" in honor of Saint Notker. He then began his philosophical studies in Rome, Italy, at the Benedictine Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo.
- On 1 October 1977, Wolf was elected as the fifth Archabbot of St. Ottilien Archabbey. This also meant he became the Abbot President of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien with monasteries and foundations scattered throughout the world. At the time this congregation had over twenty monasteries and over 1,100 monks throughout the world. Monks of this congregation are known as "Missionary Monks" and Wolf fulfilled his mandate by building hospitals, schools, colleges, and monasteries throughout the world.
- He is also cataloged in the German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek).
- He was a German Benedictine monk, priest, abbot, musician, and author.
- He undertook his early education at Oberrealschule Memmingen (today Bernhard-Strigel-Gymnasium) and at the Rhabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium St. Ottilien where he graduated high school in 1961. He then petitioned to enter the Benedictine monastery of St. Ottilien Archabbey.
- His books, musical compositions, and articles have been translated into over twenty different languages.
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