Albert Foerst
Albert Johannes Först OCarm , Portuguese Alberto Johannes Först , (born November 26, 1926 in Gunzendorf , † November 1, 2014 in Eggolsheim ) was a German clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Dourados .
Life
Albert John Först joined the Congregation of the Carmelites at and received on 29 June 1952, the priestly ordination . Since 1954 he worked as a missionary in Brazil, where he built up the provincial commissioner of his order in Paranavaí. In 1985 he was appointed Vicar General of the Diocese of Dourados.
Pope John Paul II appointed him coadjutor bishop of Dourados on July 6, 1988 . The Bishop of Dourados, Theodard Leitz OFM , donated him episcopal ordination on September 7, 1988 ; Co- consecrators were Vitório Pavanello SDB , Archbishop of Campo Grande , and Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira OCarm, Bishop of Itabuna . When Teodard Leitz retired on May 12, 1990, he succeeded him as Bishop of Dourados. In 1994 he was the founder of the Centro de Integracão do Adolescente Dom Alberto , which takes care of the education of children and young people from socially disadvantaged families.
On December 5, 2001, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation. From 2009 he retired in Eggolsheim in Upper Franconia.
Web links
- Entry on Albert Först on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- Archbishop Ludwig Schick : 20 years of episcopal ordination, 60 years of religious professorship Bishop Albert Först in Bamberg on September 16 ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- Obituary for Bishop Dom Albert Först
- obituary
Individual evidence
- ^ Former Brazilian bishop has died ( Memento from November 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Bishop em. Albert Först died in Eggolsheim ( Memento from November 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Mathias Erlwein: Bishop Albert Först is celebrating two anniversaries at the same time , infranken.de, September 13, 2013
- ^ Mission bishop Albert Först OCarm returned to Germany , orden-online.de, February 25, 2009
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Theodard Leitz OFM |
Bishop of Dourados 1990-2001 |
Redovino Rizzardo CS |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Först, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Först, Alberto Johannes (full name); Först, Alberto Johannes (Portuguese name variant) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman, Bishop of Dourados |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gunzendorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 2014 |
| Place of death | Eggolsheim |