Augustine Philipp Baumann
Augustinus Philipp Baumann (born December 9, 1881 in Niedermarsberg ; † February 20, 1953 ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Paderborn .
Life
Augustine Philip Baumann studied after high school in 1903 in Strasbourg in Alsace theology and became an active member of the Catholic fraternity Frankonia Strasbourg in KV , 1905 he went to Paderborn in the seminary and received on 6 April 1906, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
After various positions as chaplain, he became parish vicar in 1910 and, from 1920, pastor at St. Anna's Church in Dortmund . Then he became cathedral capitular and cathedral dean in Paderborn .
On October 28, 1932, Pope Pius XI appointed him . as auxiliary bishop in Paderborn and titular bishop of Casius . The episcopal ordination received Baumann on 21 December of the same year by Archbishop Caspar Klein . Co- consecrators were the Hildesheim Bishop Nikolaus Bares and the Münster Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Scheifes .
After the death of Archbishop Klein in January 1941, Baumann headed the archbishopric during the Sedis vacancy as capitular vicar . In this function he protested against the euthanasia measures of the National Socialists in a letter to the governor in Münster .
Quote
"In the name of the fifth commandment of God, which has so far formed the basis of the criminal legislation of all civilized states, in the name of humanity, the most fundamental laws of which are horribly trampled on here, in the name of the innocent victims and their relatives, on whom boundless suffering is inflicted, I object to this systematic mass murder ... "
Honor
The Catholic primary school in his birthplace Niedermarsberg was named after Augustinus Baumann.
literature
- Siegfried Koß, Wolfgang Löhr (Hrsg.): Biographical Lexicon of KV. 5th part (= Revocatio historiae. Volume 6). SH-Verlag, Schernfeld 1998, ISBN 3-89498-055-9 , p. 17f.
Web links
- Entry on Augustinus Philipp Baumann on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Baumann's protest letter against euthanasia on the homepage of the Antoniusheim Bredenscheid
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baumann, Augustine Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Paderborn |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niedermarsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1953 |