Berthold Buhl

Franz Berthold Bühl OFM (also Bertoldo Bühl ; born October 4, 1885 in Erlenbach ; † April 19, 1968 ) was a German religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Oruro in Bolivia .

Life

Franz Bühl joined the Franciscan Order and was given the name Berthold. On June 16, 1909, he received the sacrament of ordination and worked as a missionary in Bolivia.

On January 3, 1931, Pope Pius XI appointed him . as the first Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate Chiquitos established a year earlier and as Titular Bishop of Cartennae . The Apostolic Nuncio in Bolivia, Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo , donated him the episcopal ordination on March 1st of the same year. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of La Paz , Auguste Sieffert CSsR , and the Bishop of Potosí , Cleto Loayza Gumiel .

On November 21, 1942, Pope Pius XII appointed him . the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Cochabamba , which he during the nine-year Sedisvakanz managed. On October 26, 1951 he was by Pope Pius XII. appointed Bishop of Oruro . He resigned from this office on June 17, 1953 and was appointed titular bishop of Methone .

He participated in the first three sessions of the Second Vatican Council as a council father.

In his hometown of Erlenbach he was honored with the naming of the parish home, which was inaugurated in 1967, as the Berthold-Bühl-Heim.

Web links

Entry on Berthold Bühl on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Berthold-Bühl-Heim: Celebrations and meetings at the foot of the Kayberg. (No longer available online.) In: Homepage. Pastoral care unit Erlenbach-Binswangen, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 13, 2015 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Riccardo Chavez Alcazar	Bishop of Oruro 1951–1953	Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo
---	Vicar Apostolic of Chiquitos 1931–1942	Tharsitius Senner OFM

personal data
SURNAME	Bühl, Berthold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bühl, Bertoldo; Bühl, Franz (baptismal name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Oruro
DATE OF BIRTH	October 4, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH	Erlenbach , Germany
DATE OF DEATH	April 19, 1968

[1] Berthold-Bühl-Heim: Celebrations and meetings at the foot of the Kayberg. (No longer available online.) In: Homepage. Pastoral care unit Erlenbach-Binswangen, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 13, 2015 .