Adolf Rösch

Adolf Rösch (born August 31, 1869 in Veringenstadt ; † October 5, 1962 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German Catholic clergyman, lawyer and vicar general of the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

Childhood and youth

He was the son of the bricklayer August Rösch and his wife Eusebia, nee Geist. Rösch grew up in the family with eight siblings in Veringenstadt. On August 30, 1880 he was confirmed by the archbishopric administrator Lothar von Kübel .

After completing elementary school, Adolf Rösch entered the sixth class of the high school in Sigmaringen , which was made possible by the support of benefactors with boarding days and monthly allowances. With nine children, the artisan and smallholder family would not have been able to let one of the children study. He was able to spend the last two years of high school in St. Fidelishaus , the Archbishop's Konvikt , in Sigmaringen. The then religion teacher at the Sigmaringer Gymnasium, who later became the cathedral capitular, Theodor Dreher , had a decisive influence on his life and career choice .

biography

After graduating from high school in 1890, he decided to study Catholic theology and sent an application to the church authorities in Freiburg im Breisgau to be accepted among those theology students who would later hope for a job in the Hohenzollern part of the diocese. At the same time he asked to be allowed to do his philosophical studies at the Eichstätt University because of the excellent philosophy that was taught there. This request was also granted. After his studies he entered the seminary of St. Peter and was ordained a priest there on July 4, 1894. After two years as vicar in Sigmaringen and a cooperator at the Münster in Konstanz, he received study leave to study law at the University of Freiburg at his request and became a member of the Collegium Sapientiae in Freiburg. As a chaplain in Waldkirch , he completed his legal studies with a doctorate in law. from.

In 1900 he took over the parish of Imnau and six years later moved to Haigerloch as a chaplain . From 1906 to 1908 he was a member of the German Center Party (Center) for Hohenzollern in the Prussian state parliament . In July 1907 he was briefly chaplain in Haigerloch / Oberstadt .

In August 1907 he became a pastor in Dettingen an der Erms , until in 1908 the then Archbishop Thomas Nörber appointed him to the Archbishop's Ordinariate in Freiburg. In 1907 he became a prosynodal examiner and from 1909 to 1915 a full professor. In 1915, Rösch was appointed a real clergyman and a member of the ordinariate . In 1920 he was appointed chancellery director and a year later as cathedral chapter and official of the spiritual court .

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Freiburg , he was awarded an honorary doctorate in theology by the Theological Faculty in 1927 . Pope Pius XI appointed him papal house prelate in 1925 . Archbishop Conrad Gröber appointed him vicar general in 1932 . He held this office until 1952. Two years later he was also dean of the cathedral and in 1937 apostolic protonotary .

On January 2, 1933 he was awarded his home community Veringenstadt the honor civil rights .

To person

In his obituary, his high talent, his tenacious diligence and his clear will were emphasized, which did not dissuade him from his determination even in the face of difficulties. He performed his duties with great conscientiousness and accuracy. In addition, he worked tirelessly in literature and published articles and treatises on questions of canon law and church history. He worked for the large state encyclopedia of the Görres Society and the Lexicon for Theology and Church (LThK) .

In his writings, Adolf Rösch also dealt with the effects of Wessenbergianism and the culture war of the 19th century in his Hohenzollern homeland. His writings attest to his restorative attitude.

Despite his high position, he remained the affable priest with ties to the people, as his homeland attested to on the occasion of the celebration of his ninetieth birthday. After his death in Freiburg on October 2, 1962, the 93-year-old was buried on an autumn day in the Freiburg main cemetery, where some of his sisters who died before him are buried.

Fonts

• The influence of the German Protestant governments on the elections for bishops. Caritasverlag, Freiburg i. Br. 1900.
• The clergy and the criminal code. Practical commentary on religion and clergy related matters of the Reich Criminal Code. Schöningh-Verlag, Paderborn 1902.
• The relationship of state power to the Catholic Church in the two Hohenzollern principalities from 1800-1850. Liehner'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Sigmaringen 1906.
• The religious life in Hohenzollern under the influence of Wessenbergianism. 1800-1850; a contribution to the history of religious enlightenment in southern Germany, Bachem-Verlag, Cologne 1908.
• The Kulturkampf in Hohenzollern. Herder-Verlag, Freiburg im Br. 1916
• Marriage in ecclesiastical and civil law. Writings for pastoral care, Caritasverlag, Freiburg i. Br. 1925

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.leo-bw.de
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Thomas Fink: Materials on the history of the city of Veringen. 2016.
3. ↑ See personal card in the Archbishop's Archives Freiburg.
4. ↑ www.leo-bw.de
5. ↑ Michael Bangert: Image and Faith. Aesthetics and spirituality with Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg (1774–1860). Academic Press Friborg and Kohlhammer-Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-17-021034-9 [1]
6. ↑ Konradsblatt . from October 20, 1962, Freiburg.
7. ↑ orsprod.rz.uni-frankfurt.de
8. ↑ orsprod.rz.uni-frankfurt.de
9. ↑ orsprod.rz.uni-frankfurt.de
10. ↑ d-nb.info
11. ↑ d-nb.info