Alexander Stein (prelate)

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Alexander Stein (born January 3, 1911 in Frankfurt-Nied , † July 6, 1980 in Dernbach ) was a Roman Catholic theologian.

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Stein grew up in Lindenholzhausen and Niederbruch . In 1937 he was ordained a priest and, after years of chaplaincy in Holler and Geisenheim and an activity in the Limburg seminary (1948–1950), he became cathedral vicar and consultant for social work. In 1950 he founded the Frankfurt Social School as a Catholic-social educational institution for the dioceses of Limburg, Mainz and Fulda. From 1952 to 1971 he was the managing director of the Working Group for Catholic Social Educational Institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1959 he was appointed Ordinariate Councilor and in 1965 finally appointed Pontifical House Prelate .

In addition, from 1952 to 1958 he was diocesan president of the Catholic Workers' Movement (KAB) and diocesan pastor. The questions of agriculture were also central to him as head of the “rural pastoral care”. B. in his work for land consolidation and for the establishment of "Aussiedlerhöfe".

He was an important representative of social Catholicism and as such an advocate of the unity trade union in the dispute over the direction of the Catholic Church over the question of a unity trade union and Christian unions. He tried to strengthen the trust of the trade unions in the Catholic Church and to counter their reservations. He maintained contacts with Georg Leber , Oswald von Nell-Breuning and Walter Dirks . He was also a close confidante of Bishop Wilhelm Kempf .

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  • Wolfgang Schroeder: Trade union policy between DGB, Catholicism and CDU 1945 to 1960: Catholic workers leaders as contemporary witnesses in interviews . Bund-Verlag, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-7663-2148-X , p. 427 .
  • Klaus Schatz: History of the Diocese of Limburg . Ed .: Society for Middle Rhine Church History. Self-published, Mainz 1983, p. 300 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Remembrance day for Prelate Alexander Stein in Lindenholzhausen 2010. In: Catholic workers' movement. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .
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SURNAME Stein, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt-Nied
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1980
Place of death Dernbach