Augustine Gockel
Augustinus Gockel (born February 12, 1830 in Büren ; † May 11, 1912 in Paderborn ) was auxiliary bishop in Paderborn .
education
Gockel was born the son of a bailiff . In Paderborn he attended the Liborianum Episcopal Boys' Seminar, which opened in 1846, and graduated from high school in autumn 1848. He then studied Catholic theology in Leuven , Tübingen and Paderborn. On March 7, 1853, Bishop Franz Drepper donated the sacrament of ordination to him in the High Cathedral in Paderborn .
Act
Eight days later the bishop appointed him a cooperator at St. Johann Baptist in Warburg . On May 10, 1855 he was appointed parish administrator of the newly founded Catholic parish of St. Bonifatius in Detmold , where he built up the new parish for almost a decade and a half. Bishop Konrad Martin appointed Gockel as pastor of St. Pankratius in Warstein on November 2, 1969 , whose consecration was made by Bishop Martin in 1873. Bishop Franz Kaspar Drobe appointed Gockel as cathedral capitular on September 5, 1889 and as vicariate general in Paderborn on October 30, 1889.
Just a few months later, he was by Pope Leo XIII. on May 2nd, 1890 appointed titular bishop of Azotus and auxiliary bishop in Paderborn. On 22 June 1890 he donated the Cologne Archbishop Philip Krementz in the Great Cathedral in Cologne , the episcopal ordination ; his preconization took place on June 26, 1890. On April 1, 1892 Gockel was also elected cathedral dean in Paderborn. His activity as auxiliary bishop was characterized by numerous company trips , as large areas of the diocese were neglected due to the culture war and the old age of Bishop Drobe. A serious eye problem forced Gockel to give up this activity in 1908.
On March 7, 1903, the city of Paderborn gave Gockel honorary citizenship . This happened according to the resolution of the city council on January 30, 1903 on the occasion of his 50th jubilee as a priest for his services during the many years of activity in the city and diocese.
Honors
- Honorary doctorate from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1890)
- Honorary Citizen of the City of Paderborn (1903)
literature
- Wilhelm Liese : Necrologium Paderbornense. Book of the Dead Paderborn Priest (1822–1930), Junfermannsche Verlagsbuchhandlung Paderborn 1934, p. 215.
- Anton Gemmeke: History of the Catholic Parishes in Lippe, Paderborn 1905, p. 335.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gockel, Augustine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Auxiliary Bishop in Paderborn |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Büren |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1912 |
| Place of death | Paderborn |