Caspar Klein

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Archbishop Caspar Klein

Caspar Klein (born August 28, 1865 in Elben , † January 25, 1941 in Paderborn ) was a German Roman Catholic bishop . He was the first archbishop of Paderborn .

Life

Caspar Klein's coat of arms

Caspar Klein grew up in Schneppenohl in the Biggetal, in the area of ​​today's Biggesees . He graduated from high school Theodorianum in Paderborn. After studying in Münster he received on 21 March 1890 in Paderborn by Auxiliary Bishop Franz Wilhelm Cramer from Münster the priesthood . He then worked as a pastor in Bochum and from 1901 in Röhlingshausen before the Paderborn bishop Karl Joseph Schulte appointed him cathedral capitular in 1911 and his vicar general on December 28, 1912 .

Caspar Klein is named on the roll of honor for a former student of the Theodorianum grammar school in Paderborn. Right side, second from the top
Caspar Klein's grave in the crypt of Paderborn Cathedral

When Bishop Schulte was elected Archbishop of Cologne, Pope Benedict XV appointed. Caspar Klein became Bishop of Paderborn on April 30, 1920. The episcopal ordination donated to him on August 1, 1920 his predecessor Karl Joseph Schulte; Co-consecrators were the Münster bishop Johannes Poggenburg and the bishop of Osnabrück Hermann Wilhelm Berning .

Like all Paderborn bishops since 1868, Caspar Klein was also Apostolic Vicar of Anhalt . Its parishes were incorporated into the Diocese of Paderborn in 1921 as the last remnant of the Apostolic Vicariate of the North .

Due to the Concordat with Prussia of August 13, 1929, Bishop Klein was on August 13, 1930 by Pope Pius XI. appointed first Archbishop of Paderborn . During his tenure in 1936, the 1100th anniversary of the transfer of the relics of Saint Liborius from Le Mans to Paderborn also fell.

Klein was a member of the KStV Germania Münster in the KV . In 1930 he became an honorary citizen of the city of Paderborn .

Caspar Klein died on January 25, 1941 in Paderborn. His grave is in the crypt of Paderborn Cathedral .

Web links

Commons : Caspar Klein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d curriculum vitae , Association for Village Community Tasks Elben / Scheiderwald e. V., accessed November 15, 2016
predecessor Office successor
Karl Joseph Schulte Archbishop of Paderborn
1920–1941 		Lorenz Jaeger
personal data
SURNAME Klein, Caspar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klein, Kaspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, bishop and first archbishop of Paderborn
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Elves (turn)
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1941
Place of death Paderborn