Bonifaz Sellinger
Bonifaz Sellinger OSB (born August 2, 1912 in Vienna ; † March 10, 2002 there ; actually Friedrich Sellinger ) was an Austrian Benedictine . From 1966 to 1988 he was abbot of the Vienna Schottenstift .
Life
After attending the Schottengymnasium in Vienna , Sellinger entered the Schotten Abbey in 1932 . From 1933 he studied theology , first at the Benedictine College Sant'Anselmo in Rome , then at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna . After his ordination in 1938, he was a cooperator in the parishes of Schottenfeld and Gumpendorf . Like several of his fellow brothers, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1940 and used as a medic ; from 1944 to 1947 he was a Soviet prisoner of war .
After his return home, Sellinger studied German and Russian at the University of Vienna and passed the teaching examination for these subjects in 1953. From 1954 to 1971 he taught at the Schottengymnasium, at first he was a cooperator in Stammersdorf and from 1957 pastor in Enzersfeld . After Hermann Peichl's death , Sellinger was elected abbot of the Schottenstift on May 11, 1966 ; he received the abbot's benediction from the Archbishop of Vienna, Franz Cardinal König . His motto was "Procedamus in pace" . From 1974 to 1988 he was also the first chairman of the Austrian Superior Conference .
Sellinger's main focus was initially on implementing the impulses of the Second Vatican Council for religious life . Structurally, he set accents with the opening of the Romanesque chapel in the Schottenkirche , the renovation of the Schottenkeller , the restaurant at the monastery and the addition of floors to the high school building. During his reign, the Benediktushaus , the monastery guest house , was opened and the business operations of the monastery in Breitenlee were converted.
After he was re-elected as abbot when he reached the age limit in 1982, Sellinger finally gave up in 1988. Heinrich Ferenczy was elected as his successor . From 1992 until his death in 2002 Sellinger was senior at the Schottenkonvent.
Sellinger was the holder of the Great Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria and the Golden Medal of Honor for Services to the State of Vienna .
Web links
- Entry to Bonifaz Sellinger on medal online
- Interview with the abbot of the Wiener Schottenstift, Father Bonifaz Sellinger, in the online collections of the Austrian Media Library
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| SURNAME | Sellinger, Bonifaz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sellinger, Friedrich (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian abbot of the Schottenstift |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 2002 |
| Place of death | Vienna |