Engelbert Siebler

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Auxiliary Bishop Engelbert Siebler at confirmation in Graefelfing (1993)

Engelbert Alois Georg Siebler (born May 29, 1937 in Upper Bavaria ; † October 11, 2018 in Munich ) was auxiliary bishop in Munich and Freising .

Life

priest

After graduating from the Dom-Gymnasium Freising Siebler studied from 1957 Catholic theology and German at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . On June 29, 1963 Siebler was ordained a priest by Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Neuhäusler in Freising . After three years of pastoral care, he worked from 1966 to 1971 at the Archbishop's Study Seminar St. Michael in Traunstein as Prefect . From 1971 to 1976 Siebler was a religion teacher at high schools in Traunstein , Traunreut and Bad Reichenhall and from 1976 to 1985 director of the study seminar in Traunstein. In 1985, Friedrich Cardinal Wetter appointed him to the Ordinariate Council and head of School Section I of the Archbishop's Ordinariate in Munich.

Auxiliary bishop

Pope John Paul II appointed Siebler on March 1, 1986 titular bishop of Tela and auxiliary bishop in Munich and Freising. The episcopal ordination took place on April 20 of the same year by Friedrich Cardinal Wetter. Co-consecrators were his predecessor, Auxiliary Bishop Ernst Tewes and Auxiliary Bishop Matthias Paul Defregger from the Munich-South region. Siebler then became episcopal vicar for the pastoral care region of Munich, one of the three pastoral care regions of the archdiocese. He succeeded Ernst Tewes in this task . In 1999 he became dean of the Munich Metropolitan Chapter his authority. In the Archbishop's Ordinariate, Siebler was head of the Foreign Language Pastoral Department from 1996 to 2002.

On July 31, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI. his resignation request submitted for reasons of age. The office of auxiliary bishop was not filled again for the time being. Rupert Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg initially took over as Episcopal Vicar on January 1, 2013 (and from December 10, 2016 as Auxiliary Bishop) for the Munich region.

Allegations of abuse and ill-treatment

In June 2020, Siebler, who died in 2018, was accused of sexually abusing and physically abusing students as head of the Traunstein boarding school between 1976 and 1985 . The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising announced a "comprehensive review in the interests of those affected".

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Divine service for the 100th day of consecration by Auxiliary Bishop Neuhäusler , press release of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising from June 20, 2013.
  2. ^ Rinuncia di Ausiliare di Munich and Freising (Germania) , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of July 31, 2012.
  3. ↑ No new auxiliary bishop for Munich. ( Memento of September 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Message from Vatican Radio of November 5, 2012.
  4. ↑ Catholic Kaderschmiede: Ex-student raises allegations of abuse Bayerischer Rundfunk , June 10, 2020
  5. ↑ Accusation of abuse against the deceased Munich auxiliary bishop. kathisch.de of June 10, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Siebler, Engelbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Siebler, Engelbert Alois Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Upper Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 2018
Place of death Munich