Anton Aloys Buchmayer

Anton Buchmayer after a lithograph by Josef Kriehuber

Anton Aloys Buchmayer (also: Anton Aloys Puchmayr ) (born June 8, 1770 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs ; † September 2, 1851 in St. Pölten ) was an Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of St. Pölten.

Life

Anton Aloys Buchmayer was born as the son of master miller Franz Puchmayr and his wife Magdalena Stiblehner.

He attended grammar school in Kremsmünster and then studied humanity and philosophy at the general seminar (priestly education institution, which was under the direct state management) in Vienna . In July 1792 he was ordained a priest in St. Pölten and then worked as a cooperator in St. Valentin . In 1797 he became pastor at St. Pölten Cathedral and in 1801 pastor in St. Pantaleon-Erla .

In 1803 he returned to St. Pölten as Chancellor and Consistorial Councilor . After becoming canon in 1806 , cathedral scholaster in 1811, cathedral dean in 1814 , in 1815, after the death of the bishop of St. Pölten, Godfried Joseph Crüts van Creits , he assumed the position of general- capitular vicar . After the appointment of the new bishop of St. Pölten, Johann Nepomuk Dankesreither , Anton Aloys Buchmayer received the benefice of the pastor of Raab near Schärding .

In 1817 he became an episcopal commissioner at the Schola Hornana grammar school in Horn , in 1820 he received the title of titular provost of Ardagger , in 1823 became a government advisor and advisor in spiritual matters to the Upper Austrian government and in 1832 a real court advisor and advisor to the united court chancellery . On April 6, 1835, he was appointed vicar general and auxiliary bishop of the Vienna archdiocese and titular bishop of Helenopolis in Bithyna by the Viennese archbishop Vincenz Eduard Milde . From 1840 to 1843 he was provost of the arch and cathedral monastery of St. Stephan and, associated with it, university chancellor . In 1842/43 he was rector of the University of Vienna .

After the death of Bishop Michael Johann Wagner , Emperor Ferdinand I nominated him as his successor, and on April 30, 1843 he was enthroned as the first Bishop of St. Pölten to emerge from the diocese itself.

When he died eight years later, he stipulated in his will that a legacy of 20,000 guilders should be set up for poor priests in his diocese.

Act

Shaped by the principles and views of Josephinism , Anton Aloys Buchmayer saw himself as an official of the state church. His principles were conservative and he opposed the formation of religious associations. As a bishop, he was involved in the bureaucratic campaign against the prayer association of the living Rosary , which was viewed and treated as a secret society endangering the state.

He responded with a pastoral letter to the constitutional law on the equality of Protestants passed in 1848, which lost the character of a privileged state church for the Catholic Church in Austria . With regard to the restructuring of the public education system, he spoke out against separating the school from the church. After long negotiations, in 1846 he set up a deaf-mute institute based on the model of František Herrmann Čech (1788–1847) in St. Pölten, which was financed by donations and bequests. We owe him the establishment of numerous foundations.

Honors

• In 1832 he was appointed real councilor.
• In 1836 he received an honorary doctorate from Dr. theol. hc in Vienna.
• On July 8th, 1842, on his 50th anniversary as a priest, he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Leopold Order .

Web links

Commons : Anton Aloys Buchmayer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Austrian biographical lexicon and biographical documentation: Buchmayer (Puchmayr), Anton Alois. 2003, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
2. ^ BLKÖ: Buchmayer, Anton - Wikisource. Retrieved April 24, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Memory of the country - persons: Anton Aloys Buchmayer. Retrieved April 24, 2018 . 
4. ^ University of Vienna: Anton Alois Buchmayer, Dr. theol. . Retrieved April 24, 2018.

predecessor	Office	successor
Michael Johann Wagner	Bishop of St. Pölten 1843–1851	Ignaz Feigerle