Dionysius Ortsiefer

Dionysius Ortsiefer OFM

Dionysius Ortsiefer OFM (born November 18, 1874 in Cologne , † January 19, 1946 in Blankenstein / Ruhr ) was a German Franciscan and cathedral preacher in Münster and Cologne.

Life

On September 20, 1891, Dionysius Ortsiefer entered the Franciscan order . It belonged to the Saxon Franciscan Province of Saxonia , from 1929 to the Cologne Franciscan Province of Colonia, which was re-established that year . He was ordained priest on July 27, 1900 in Paderborn . During his work he stood from 1906 to 1911 on the pulpit in St. Paulus Cathedral in Münster and from 1913 to 1942 on the pulpit in Cologne Cathedral and in the Minorite Church, which is part of the cathedral . At the beginning of the 20th century, he was involved in the pastoral care of Polish workers in the Ruhr area in the monastery in Dortmund . During the First World War in 1917 he held a retreat for interned German soldiers in Switzerland .

The later Pope Pius XII called the Nuncio of Germany . him as the greatest speaker in Germany. In radio sermons , Father Dionysius reached a large audience with the programs Morning Celebrations and The Bedside Hour . He was a speaker at the Catholic Days in Metz (1903), Munich (1922), Hanover (1924) and Münster (1930).

Ortsiefer was a member of the Catholic student associations VKDSt Eckart Cologne, KDStV Bavaria Bonn and KDStV Staufia Bonn .

literature

Hans Jürgen Brandt / Peter Häger (eds.): Biographical Lexicon of Catholic Military Chaplains in Germany 1848-1945 Paderborn 2002, p. 586f.

Individual evidence

↑ Hans-Georg Aschoff: From the Kulturkampf to the First World War. In: Joachim Schmiedl (Ed.): From Kulturkampf to the beginning of the 21st century. Paderborn 2010, pp. 23–287, here p. 177.
↑ Jürgen Werinhard Einhorn OFM: Education and training, science, school and pastoral care from the Kulturkampf to the present. In: Joachim Schmiedl (Ed.): From Kulturkampf to the beginning of the 21st century. Paderborn u. a. 2010, pp. 633–786, here p. 742.
↑ Hans-Georg Aschoff: From the Kulturkampf to the First World War. In: Joachim Schmiedl (Ed.): From Kulturkampf to the beginning of the 21st century. Paderborn 2010, pp. 23–287, here p. 260.276.

personal data
SURNAME	Ortiefer, Dionysius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ortiefer, Dionysius OFM
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Franciscan priest and cathedral preacher
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	January 19, 1946
Place of death	Blankenstein

[1] Hans-Georg Aschoff: From the Kulturkampf to the First World War. In: Joachim Schmiedl (Ed.): From Kulturkampf to the beginning of the 21st century. Paderborn 2010, pp. 23–287, here p. 177.

[2] Jürgen Werinhard Einhorn OFM: Education and training, science, school and pastoral care from the Kulturkampf to the present. In: Joachim Schmiedl (Ed.): From Kulturkampf to the beginning of the 21st century. Paderborn u. a. 2010, pp. 633–786, here p. 742.

[3] Hans-Georg Aschoff: From the Kulturkampf to the First World War. In: Joachim Schmiedl (Ed.): From Kulturkampf to the beginning of the 21st century. Paderborn 2010, pp. 23–287, here p. 260.276.