Josef Hiltl

Josef Hiltl (born August 30, 1889 in Schwandorf ; † April 20, 1979 in Mallersdorf ) was auxiliary bishop in Regensburg from 1951 to 1968 .

Life

Josef Friedrich Hiltl was born on August 30, 1889 in Schwandorf as the son of the train driver August Hiltl and his wife Berta nee. Ziegler, daughter of a tavern owner, was born. After graduating from high school in 1909, he studied theology at the Lyceum in Regensburg, where he became an active member of the Catholic student association Agilolfia in the KV . Shortly before the First World War , on June 29, 1914, he received the ordination of the then Regensburg Bishop Anton von Henle in the High Cathedral in Regensburg . As chaplain of Windischeschenbach , he began his pastoral work. After a short temporary job in Leonberg in the Tirschenreuth Dean's Office , he became a chaplain in Waldsassen in October 1916 . Here, too, he had to officiate as an auxiliary priest in Pappenberg from September 1921 to March 1922 . From 1922 to 1929 he was cathedral parish chaplain and religion teacher in Regensburg. In November 1929 he took up his position as pastor in Marktredwitz .

On August 1, 1935, called in Bishop Michael Buchberger as Regens in the seminary . As more and more theologians were drafted into the Reich Labor Service and the Wehrmacht , the seminar emptied. Eventually it became a military hospital, making Regens Hiltl a chaplain for the sick. In addition, he regularly held church services for inmates in the Regensburg prison.

On April 28, 1951, Pope Pius XII appointed him . as titular bishop of Constantina and auxiliary bishop in Regensburg . About two weeks later, Archbishop gave him Buchberger in the Regensburg Cathedral, the episcopal ordination . His motto was: "Omnibus omnia!" - "Everyone will be everything". On June 18, 1951, he was elected Domkapitel the canon . On January 23, 1953, Pope Pius XII appointed him. to the Provost . After the death of Archbishop Buchberger, during the vacancy from June 12, 1961 to June 1, 1962, Josef Hiltl headed the diocese of Regensburg as administrator.

Hiltl was an enthusiastic nature lover and mountaineer. At the age of 79, he climbed to a hut that was 2,600 m high to bless an extension.

On June 30, 1969, his birthplace and hometown Schwandorf made him an honorary citizen . Hiltl was also an honorary philistine of the Catholic student union K.St.V. Albertia Munich in KV .

Awards

• 1959: Bavarian Order of Merit
• 1964: Silver citizen medal of the city of Regensburg

Consecrations

• June 9, 1953 Chapel of the Divine Heart of Jesus in Rosla's parish community Kirchenlaibach-Mockersdorf
• June 4, 1954 Parish Church of St. Josef in Dingolfing
• July 24th and 25th, 1954 St. Josef parish church in Schwandorf-Dachelhofen
• July 2nd and 3rd, 1960 Parish Church of Our Lady of the Kreuzberg, Schwandorf
• March 11, 1962 Main altar in the Expositurkirche St. Peter and Paul in Schwandorf-Haselbach
• June 9, 1963 Parish Church of the Holy Trinity in Kirchenlaibach
• November 22, 1964 Parish Church of St. Paul, Schwandorf
• June 27, 1965 St. Josef branch church in Selb-Plößberg
• June 16, 1968 Branch church of John the Baptist in Tröbes, Moosbach parish

literature

• P. Otho Merl: 1285-1985 - 700 years of Schwandorf Church
• Regensburg Diocese Gazette: Life Path of a Pastor , 1979 No. 17
• Siegfried Koß in Siegfried Koß, Wolfgang Löhr (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon des KV. 7th part (= Revocatio historiae. Volume 9). Akadpress, Essen 2010, ISBN 978-3-939413-12-7 , p. 59.

Web links

• Entry on Josef Hiltl on catholic-hierarchy.org