Lothar Kübel or (from 1870) von Kübel (22 April 1823 in Sinzheim – 3 August 1881 in

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) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman, who acted as auxiliary bishop and

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in the

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. A street in his birthplace as well as the town's Realschule and Hauptschule are all named after him.

Life

Early life

The youngest of six children, he came from a family of builders but as a gifted pupil he was allowed to visit the Gymnasium in

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. From 1843 onwards he studied theology in

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and

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and on 17 August 1847 Freiburg's archbishop

Hermann von Vicari Hermann von Vicari (13 May 1773 at Aulendorf in Württemberg – 14 April 1868 at Freiburg) was a German Catholic churchman, who became Archbishop of Freiburg, in Baden. Life In 1789 he received tonsure at Konstanz, Constance and obtained a ...

ordained him to the priesthood. He became a vicar in

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and Freiburg before in December 1848 becoming a 'repetitor' in Freiburg's theological college. In 1854 he joined an episcopal

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overseeing educational issues, which had become one of the Church's points of conflict with the government of the

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. When the Grand-ducal Theological College was converted into an archepiscopal 'Konvikt', he became its director.

Apostolic administrator

Kübel became Freiburg's

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and

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on 20 Novembner 1867 and on 22 March the following year he was consecrated an auxiliary bishop and titular bishop of Leuce by

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, bishop of Mainz. After von Vicari's death on 14 April 1868 the

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elected Kübel the archdiocesan administrator. However, the church and the secular government of the Grand Duchy could not agree on a new bishop, so Kübel remained in post until his death, essentially continuing the church-state policies of von Vicari.

Kulturkampf

The Grand Duchy's support for the idea of a sovereign state church and the separation of church and state led to a continuing conflict with von Vicari and Kübel, particularly marked during Julius Jolly's time as Interior Minister from 1866 to 1876. This meant that Baden's 'Kulturkampf' was a forerunner of that in Prussia. Some key issues involved were removing elementary schools from church control, introducing compulsory state exams for theology students, registering births, marriages and deaths in church-run registry offices, making state law superior to church law (a measure completed on 1 February 1870), closing church-run societies, charities and hospitals and only allowing religious charities which were exclusively religious in their purpose.

References

Bibliography

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: ''"Bischof Lothar von Kübel"'', Herder Verlag, Freiburg, 1911

External links

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