Anton Schütz (theologian)

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Anton Schütz (born June 28, 1930 in Lütter (Eichenzell) near Fulda , † January 27, 2012 in Fritzlar ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman.

Life

Anton Schütz entered the seminary in Fulda in 1951. On Passion Sunday , April 6, 1957 he received by Bishop Adolf Bolte in Fulda Cathedral , the ordination . After two years of chaplaincy in Neuhof (near Fulda) , he was appointed "Episcopal Secret Secretary" by Bishop Bolte in 1959.

As a full-time councilor, he took over the management of the newly created structure and planning department in the Fulda General Vicariate in 1970 . In the same year he was appointed deputy vicar general and given to him by Pope Paul VI. the title of "Papal Chaplain" ( Monsignor ) bestowed. In 1972 he was appointed cathedral capitular , and at the end of 1973 he was appointed chairman of the Diocesan Caritas Association in Fulda. In addition to his work in the Fulda diocese administration, Schütz was President of the Kolping Family of the city of Fulda and from 1961 to 1975 Diocesan President of the Kolping Society in the Diocese of Fulda . During this time he was also a member of the General Council of the International Kolping Society . 1975 corresponded to the Fulda diocesan bishop a request from the German Bishops 'Conference and set contactor for leading the Church Center for Pastoral free basic questions as speakers for pastoral issues in the Bonn Office of the German Bishops' Conference. His appointment as Fulda Honorary Chapter Chapter in the same year was intended to maintain the bond with the home diocese. Pope Paul VI appointed him in 1975 " Papal Honorary Prelate ".

With the appointment to what was then the federal capital of Bonn , from 1975 onwards, Prelate Schütz had a wealth of tasks that were expanded over the years. The range of topics ranged from work with the elderly and church professions to " Week for Life ", Paragraph 218 , marriage and family, pastoral care for women and young people, ecumenism and special contacts with the Evangelical Church in Germany ( EKD ), Bible study and "Year with the Bible " . His grave is in the cemetery in Lütter.

honors and awards

In 1985 he received the investiture as a Knight of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem . In October 2000, the then Federal President Johannes Rau awarded him the Order of Merit on the Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of his many years of voluntary work as chairman of the Federal Association for the Catholic Elderly Work and his decisive contribution to the establishment and development of the Federal Association of Senior Citizens' Organizations (BAGSO) .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Man of Compromise. Honorary Dome Capitular Prelate Anton Schütz completed 80 years of age ” , Diocese of Fulda , June 23, 2010
  2. ^ "Prelate Anton Schütz died" , Fulda Info, January 31, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Schütz, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Lütter near Fulda
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 2012
Place of death Fritzlar