Anton Stukenborg

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Anton Stukenborg (born October 10, 1830 in Stukenborg , † August 24, 1890 in Vechta ) was a German Catholic priest and episcopal official of the Oldenburg part of the diocese of Münster with his seat in Vechta.

Life path

Stukenborg came from a respected and wealthy farming family. He was the son of Zellers born Franz Josef Stuke Borg and his wife Anna Maria Meyer. He attended the Antonianum Vechta high school . After graduating in the autumn of 1853 he studied at the Catholic University of Leuven and at the University of Muenster theology . He was ordained a priest there on June 6, 1850 . In the following years he initially worked as a teacher at the community school in Cloppenburg and switched to teaching at the grammar school in Vechta at Easter 1861. From 1866 to 1876 he also worked as a pastor in the Vechta prison. From 1870 to 1876 Stukenborg also served as secretary at the Episcopal Office. There he got a good insight into the area of ​​responsibility of the authority.

Since he had not passed a state examination in philology, he had to leave the teaching staff of the grammar school in 1876 and then taught at the teachers' college in Vechta from 1876 to 1887. In 1887 he became a clerical assessor in the official department and a member of the Catholic High School College of the Grand Duchy . On April 5, 1888, he was finally appointed Episcopal Official. At the time of his inauguration, Stukenborg suffered from a serious stomach ailment, from which he died after only two years in office. Stukenborg's successor in office as Episcopal Official was Bernhard Grobmeyer .

Awards

With his appointment as episcopal official, Stukenburg also became an honorary canon at Münster Cathedral . In the same year he also received the title of a secret senior church councilor.

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predecessor Office successor
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Episcopal Münsterscher official in the Oldenburg official district
1888 - 1890
Bernhard Grobmeyer