Franz Žak

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Signature of Bishop Franz Žak

Franz Žak , also written as Franz Zak (born June 30, 1917 in Niederedlitz in Lower Austria ; † January 28, 2004 in Vienna ), was the diocesan bishop of St. Pölten in Lower Austria.

Life

Žak was the son of Jan Žák and Antonie Žáková, née Hejdová, who both come from the South Bohemian village of Bořetice . After the Stiftsgymnasium the Benedictines in Seitenstetten had visited, he began in the seminary of St. Pölten with his theological studies, he because of conscription until after the Second World War when he finished. He was ordained priest in 1947 from Bishop Michael Memelauer , he became a chaplain in Sieghartskirchen and Steinakirchen am Forst .

Between 1951 and 1954 he studied in Rome and received his doctorate in canon law .

Pope Pius XII appointed him in 1956 - two years after his return to St. Pölten in Lower Austria - as titular bishop of Apollonia and bishop coadjutor of Bishop Memelauer with the right to succeed him. His motto was Juste, pie, fortiter (“Just, pious, brave”).

On September 30, 1961, Franz Žak became diocesan bishop of St. Pölten and held this office until 1991. Between 1962 and 1965 he took part in the Second Vatican Council .

Pope Paul VI appointed him as the fifth diocesan bishop of St. Pölten . on May 8, 1969 as the successor to the Archbishop of Vienna Cardinal Franz König as military vicar of Austria . In 1977 he issued the statutes of the " Order of St. George " as an ecclesiastical distinction of the military vicar. He held this office until 1986. Between 1957 and 1969 he was also a “ youth bishop ”.

In 1987 he prevented the Engelwerk's plan to set up a branch of its Institutum Sapientiæ University in the Kartause Gaming .

The bishop submitted his resignation in 1991 on grounds of age. His successor in the diocese of St. Pölten was Kurt Krenn , who took office on September 15.

On May 27, 1992 the Governor of Lower Austria Siegfried Ludwig presented Bishop Žak with the Great Gold Medal of Honor with the Star for Services to the Republic of Austria .

Franz Žak was buried on February 11, 2004 in the bishop's crypt of St. Pölten Cathedral .

Apostolic succession

The line of succession of Bishop Žak follows the line of Cardinal Scipione Rebiba . The line is named after the earliest known main consecrator that stands at the beginning of the line.

Works

  • Dignities and chapters in the former collegiate monasteries of the diocese of St. Pölten. A legal historical treatise (dissertation), St. Pölten, 1958.
  • (Ed.): Handbook of the Catholic Military Pastoral Care of Austria , St. Pölten.
  • Pastoral letters, pastoral letters, New Year's sermons published in diocesan papers and church newspapers .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heiner Boberski : The angel work. Theory and Practice of Opus Angelorum . Otto Müller Verlag, Salzburg 1993, p. 248. ISBN 3-7013-0854-3
  2. ↑ NÖ Pressehaus Druck- und VerlagsgmbH: Die neue NÖN, Pielachtal edition . Issue No. 23 of June 2, 1992, page 5
  3. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.59 MB)
  4. ^ Entry about Franz Žak on catholic-hierarchy.org
personal data
SURNAME Žak, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman; Diocesan Bishop of St. Pölten
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederedlitz , Lower Austria , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 2004
Place of death Vienna , Austria