Bernhard Eckerstorfer
Bernhard Andreas Eckerstorfer OSB (* 1971 in Linz as Andreas Eckerstorfer ) is an Austrian Benedictine . Since 2019 he has been the rector of the Benedictine University of Sant'Anselmo in Rome .
Life
After graduating from the Adalbert-Stifter-Gymnasium in Linz and doing community service at Caritas in Linz in 2000, Eckerstorfer joined the Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster Abbey in Upper Austria . He studied theology and philosophy as well as geography in Salzburg, Vienna, the USA and Rome. In 1999 he was at the University of Salzburg with a dissertation on the North American theologian George Lindbeck to Dr. theol. PhD . From 2001 to 2003 he worked as a postdoc in Sant'Anselmo in Rome. In 2005 he was ordained a priest . At Kremsmünster Abbey, he was, among other things, novice master and clerical magister, responsible for pastoral care, press spokesman, member of the editorial team of the Benedictine magazine “ Erbe und Einsatz ” as well as high school teacher for Italian, religion, geography and economics at the Kremsmünster Abbey High School , and also a lecturer at the University of Linz and the University of Salzburg.
From 2017 Eckerstorfer was a member of the scientific advisory board of the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo in Rome; At the end of October 2019, the Faculty of Theology awarded him the title of Associate Professor. Eckerstorfer was elected by Sant'Anselm's college of professors and was nominated for the office of rector by Abbot Primate Gregory Polan , Grand Chancellor of the Religious College . The Vatican Congregation for Education confirmed the election for a four-year term on December 5, 2019.
Fonts
- Church in the postmodern world. George Lindbeck's contribution to a new determination of relationships , Tyrolia Verlag Innsbruck-Wien 2001, ISBN 978-3-7022-2347-2
- On the move in the spirit of the council: 10 insights , Michaverlag Pettenbach 2014, ISBN 978-3-902961-02-0
- together with Ambros Ebhart: Kremsmünster Abbey: Monastic life since 777 , Brandstätter Verlag Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-7106-0021-0
- Little school of letting go. With the wisdom of the desert fathers through the day , Tyrolia Verlag Innsbruck-Wien 2019, ISBN 978-3-7022-3737-0
Individual evidence
- ^ Abbey Kremsmünster: P. Bernhard Eckerstorfer new rector of Sant'Anselmo in Rome. Diocese of Linz, December 16, 2019, accessed on December 21, 2019 .
- ^ Austrian new rector of the Sant'Anselmo University. Vatican News, December 16, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Stefano Visintin | Rector of the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo since 2019 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Eckerstorfer, Bernhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eckerstorfer, Andreas (maiden name); Eckerstorfer, Bernhard Andreas; Eckerstorfer, Bernhard A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian clergyman, rector of the Benedictine University Sant'Anselmo in Rome |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |