Christian Haidinger

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Christian Haidinger (2014)

Christian Haidinger OSB (* 12. March 1944 in Siezenheim ) is an Austrian Benedictine - Abbot and first chairman of the Superior Conference of male religious orders of Austria .

Life

Christian Haidinger came after his graduation at Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster in 1964 the Congregation of Benedictine in Kremsmünster in. In 1965 he made his profession , in 1968 the solemn vows. On July 6, 1969, he received by Cardinal Benno Gut the priesthood . He studied theology at the Papal Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo from 1966 to 1970 . He was pastor of Buchkirchen , since 2000 dean of the Wels-Land dean's office and since 2004 general dean of the diocese of Linz .

On May 9, 2005, he was elected as the successor to Bernhard Naber as abbot of Altenburg Abbey , which he headed until his 70th birthday on March 12, 2014. On September 11, 2006, the Benediction took place by Bishop Klaus Küng , in the same year he was elected President of Klösterreich , an interest group of the monasteries, monasteries and orders of Austria.

After the death of Abbot President Clemens Lashofer on July 6, 2009, he was the first assistant to the Abbot President and headed the Austrian Benedictine Congregation ad interim . On November 18, 2009, he was elected Abbot President by an extraordinary General Chapter in Kremsmünster Abbey and confirmed in the General Chapter in the Caniusheim Center in Horn on October 26, 2011. On October 25, 2017, Abbot Johannes Perkmann , Benedictine Abbey Michaelbeuern , was elected as his successor as Abbot President.

On November 25, 2013, Haidinger was elected as the successor to Provost Maximilian Fürnsinn as the first chairman of the Superior Conference of male religious orders in Austria. On October 6, 2015, he presented his book Go, where I am sending you! in front.

Awards

Publications

Web links

Commons : Christian Haidinger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New abbot elected at Altenburg Abbey, ORF Lower Austria, January 17, 2014
  2. ^ Abbot Christian Haidinger new 'Klösterreich' President ( Memento of October 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Diocese of Linz, November 9, 2006
  3. ^ Austrian Benedictine Congregation: Haidinger new abbot praeses katweb.at, 19 November 2009
  4. ^ Abbot President Christian Haidinger re-elected orden-online, October 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Perkmann follows Haidinger as Benedictine abbot praeses , accessed on October 25, 2017.
  6. ↑ Superior Conference: Abbot Haidinger new chairman Die Presse, November 25, 2013
  7. ↑ There are so many coincidences behind which God smiles nachrichten.at, October 9, 2015
predecessor Office successor
Clemens Lashofer Abbot praeses of the Austrian Benedictine Congregation
2009-2017 		Johannes Perkmann
personal data
SURNAME Haidinger, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian clergyman and abbot president
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Siezenheim