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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Eichstätt
The Diocese of Eichstätt () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Bavaria. Its seat is Eichstätt, and it is subordinate to the archbishop of Bamberg. The diocese was created in 745; it was a state in the Holy Roman Empire (the Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt) starting in a Middle Ages until 1803. The current bishop of Eichstätt is Dr. Gregor Maria Hanke, OSB; formerly the Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Plankstetten, he was named to the See by Pope Benedict XVI on 14 October 2006, and he was consecrated at the Cathedral of Eichstätt on 2 December 2006. The diocese covers an area of 6,025 km2, with 48.9% (as per 31 December 2006) of the population being Roman Catholic. List of bishops * List of bishops of Eichstätt History The diocese was erected by Saint Boniface in 745; it was subordinate to the archbishop of Mainz. By the Bavarian Concordat of 1817, the diocese was reorganized and made subordinate to the archbishop of Bamberg. Ordinaries *Johann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Bamberg
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bambergensis'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Bavaria, one of 27 in Germany. In 2015, 32.9% of the population identified as Catholic, and 15.6% of those reported that they attend Mass on Sunday—a relatively high number in Germany. The archdiocese comprises the majority of the administrative regions of Upper Franconia and Middle Franconia, as well as a small part of Lower Franconia and the Upper Palatinate. Its seat is Bamberg. The dioceses of Speyer, Eichstätt, and Würzburg are subordinate to it. The diocese was founded in 1007 out of parts of the dioceses of Eichstätt and Würzburg. In 1817, the diocese was raised to an archdiocese. History On 1 November 1007, a synod was held in Frankfurt. Eight archbishops and twenty-seven bishops were present at the synod as well as the German King Henry II. Henry II intended to create a new diocese that would aid in the final con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bishops Of Eichstätt
List of the bishops of Eichstätt. Bishops of Eichstätt, 741–1790 *Willibald 741–786 *Geroch, 786–801 *Aganus, 801–819 *Adalung, 820–841 *Altun, 841–858 *Ottokar, 858–881 *Gottschalk, 881–884 *Erkenbald, 884–916 *Udalfried, 916–933 *Starchand, 933–966 * Reginold, 966–989 * Megingoz von Lechsgemund, 989–1014 *Gundackar I, 1014–1019 *Walter, 1020–1021 * Heribert von Rothenburg, 1022–1042 * Guzmann von Rothenburg, 1042 * Gebhard of Calw, 1042–1057 * Gundackar II, 1057–1075 *Ulrich I, 1075–1099 * Eberhard I von Vohburg-Schweinfurt, 1100–1112 * Ulrich II von Bogen, 1112–1125 * Gebhard II von Hirschberg, 1125–1149 * Burkhard von Memlem, 1149–1153 * Konrad I von Morsberg, 1153–1171 *Egilolf, 1171–1182 *Otto, 1182–1195 * Hartwich I von Hirschberg, 1195–1223 * Friedrich I von Hauenstadt, 1223–1225 * Heinrich I von Ziplingen, 1225–1229 * Heinrich II von Tischlingen, 1229–1234 * Heinrich III von Ravensberg, 1234–1237 * Friedrich I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Mixa
Walter Johannes Mixa (born 25 April 1941) is a German prelate of the Catholic Church who is the Bishop of Augsburg and Ordinary Emeritus of the Bundeswehr. He resigned as bishop of Military and Bishop of Augsburg on 8 May 2010 at age 69 after accusations he severely beat children at a Schrobenhausen orphanage in the 1970s and misappropriated the orphanage's funds. Mixa reportedly sexually abused minors, including an altar boy; the Office of Public Prosecution opened investigation which it closed, citing insufficient evidence. He was also accused also of sexually abusing seminarians between 1996 and 2005. Biography Mixa was born in Königshütte, Silesia (today Chorzów, Poland). His family fled to Western Germany at the end of World War II. Mixa passed his Abitur in 1964 and studied Catholic theology in University of Dillingen and University of Fribourg. He was ordained in 1970 in Augsburg and thereafter he studied for his doctorate at the University of Augsburg. From 1973 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Schröffer
Joseph Schröffer (February 20, 1903 – September 7, 1983) was a German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities from 1967 to 1976, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1976. Biography Born in Ingolstadt, Joseph Schröffer studied at the seminary in Eichstätt and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome before being ordained to the priesthood on October 28, 1928. He then furthered his studies in Rome until 1931, when he undertook his pastoral ministry among German exiles until 1933. Before serving as vicar general of Eichstätt from 1941 to 1948, he taught at the Superior School of Philosophy and Theology there. On July 23, 1948, Schröffer was appointed Bishop of Eichstätt by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 21 from Archbishop Joseph Otto Kolb, with Bishops Joseph Wendel and Arthur Landgraf serving as co-consecrators. Schröffer attended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Rackl
Michael Rackl (31 October 1883 – 5 May 1948) was Bishop of Eichstätt, Roman Catholic Bishop of Eichstätt from 1935 until his death in 1948. He was born in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Rittershof on 31 October 1883, the son of a wealthy farmer. He was the eldest of nine children, of which three were also religious. He graduated in 1904 and studied theology and philosophy at the Eichstätter Lyceum, graduating from the University of Freiburg in 1911 with a doctorate in dogmatics. Rackl was ordained a priest on 29 June 1909 at the age of 25 in Eichstätt by Cardinal Konrad von Preysing. On 4 November 1935, aged 52, Rackl was appointed Bishop of Eichstätt, where he remained until his death in May 1948. During the Second World War, Rackl allowed British Officers in a local prisoner-of-war camp to use the printing press of the diocese to produce a camp magazine entitled "Touchstone", which was notable for including three ghost stories by Alan Noel Latimer Munby. In 1933, he signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
