Christian Meyer (Benedictine)
Christian Meyer OSB (born January 13, 1967 in Basel ) is a Swiss Roman Catholic religious . He is the 59th abbot of the Engelberg Benedictine monastery and abbot president of the Swiss Benedictine Congregation .
Life
Christian Meyer attended the Engelberg Abbey School from 1981, which he graduated with the Matura in 1987. In 1988 he joined the order of the Benedictines in Engelberg Monastery, a Benedictine abbey founded in 1120 in Engelberg in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland . In 1989 he made his profession and studied philosophy and Catholic theology in Lucerne and Rome. In 1992, former Bishop Anton Hänggi consecrated him as a deacon in St. Mary's Church in Basel . After his pastoral year in Uster , he was ordained a priest in 1994 by Auxiliary Bishop Paul Vollmar in the abbey church in Engelberg .
On November 26, 1996 Abbot Berchtold Müller appointed him pastor of Engelberg. In the Benedictine convent he initially took over the office of partner of the novice master , later of the novice master himself. In 2007 Meyer was elected dean of the canton of Obwalden. He is a religion teacher at the village school as well as at the Engelberg Abbey School .
On November 27, 2010 the election as 59th abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Engelberg took place under the leadership of the abbot president of the Swiss Benedictine Congregation, Abbot Benno Malfèr . Christian Meyer chose the coat of arms of Pope Paul VI as the motto . : "In nomine Domini" (German: "In the name of the Lord"). The ordination of the abbot, the abbot's dictation , took place on December 8, 2010 in the monastery and parish church of Engelberg under the direction of diocesan bishop Vitus Huonder .
On May 28, 2015 the abbots and one delegate each from the Swiss Benedictine monasteries in Fischingen monastery elected him abbot präses of the Swiss Benedictine Congregation founded in 1602 with the monasteries Einsiedeln, Muri-Gries (based in Bozen, South Tyrol), Fischingen, Engelberg, Disentis, Mariastein and Marienberg (South Tyrol). The term of office is six years. Christian Meyer is the highest-ranking dignitary of the congregation and major superior in terms of canon law .
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/leben/nicht-fur-ewigkeit-geschaffen-ld.1063957 , accessed on August 15, 2020
- ↑ a b NZZ Podium: Abbot Christian Meyer on Neue Zürcher Zeitung , accessed on April 18, 2016
- ^ A b c Pastor P. Christian Meyer new Abbot of Engelberg on schoried.ch , accessed on April 18, 2016
- ↑ New abbot at Engelberg Abbey on orden-online.de from May 28, 2010, accessed on April 18, 2016
- ↑ Fischingen: Swiss Abbot Presidents elected on kath-tg.ch on May 28, 2015, accessed on April 18, 2016
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Berchtold Müller |
Abbot of Engelberg since 2010 |
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| Benno Malfèr | Abbot praeses of the Swiss Benedictine Congregation since 2015 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Meyer, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Roman Catholic religious |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel , Canton Basel-Stadt |