Franz Mirkwood

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Franz Heinrich Hubert Düsterwald (born August 20, 1842 in Vilich ; † November 26, 1920 in Cologne ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and author.

Franz Mirkwood

education

Düsterwald studied Catholic theology at the University of Bonn and then switched to the Cologne seminary . On April 7, 1866, he received the Great Cathedral in Cologne by Bishop Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri the priesthood .

Live and act

On December 7, 1867, Archbishop Paulus Melchers appointed Düsterwald first parish chaplain to St. Alban in Cologne, where he stayed for an unusually long time. During this time he pursued theological studies parallel to his pastoral duties and at the end of 1886 became Dr. theol. PhD . Heinrich Ludwig's second parish chaplain had been at his side since December 23, 1868 . With this he was later to rebuild the priest training in the Archdiocese of Cologne in the spirit of the new archbishop, Philipp Krementz , which had come to a complete standstill during the Kulturkampf .

Therefore he was appointed by him on October 15, 1887 as the first director of the planned theological convict in Bonn ; Ludwigs was appointed president of the seminary in Cologne. "Both were in the highest degree personae minus gratae with the government agencies." Together with Düsterwald, Gerhard Esser and Christian Krabbel were appointed repetitions in Bonn. During his time as director, Düsterwald was responsible for the construction of the Collegium Albertinum , the building of which was built from 1889 to 1892 according to plans by the architect Johannes Richter and - after Richter's death - by Gerhard Franz Langenberg . It was also Mirkwood who, despite the difficult financial situation and against a previously common practice, pushed the Archbishop to turn to the cell system , that is, to set up single rooms.

On January 1, 1900, the capitular vicar from Cologne appointed Düsterwald as parish administrator of Groß St. Martin in Cologne, where he was confirmed as pastor on February 21, 1900 by the new Archbishop Hubert Theophil Simar . As early as April 1, 1903, Simar appointed him real canon at Cologne Cathedral, on April 11, 1903, to the General Vicariate Council and on March 15, 1904, appointed him conductor of the Episcopal Chamber of Accounts.

Awards

Works (selection)

  • The holy way of the cross in Jerusalem and devotion to the way of the cross. 2nd edition Herder, Freiburg 1886.
  • The world empires and the kingdom of God according to the prophecy of Daniel. Herder, Freiburg 1890.
  • Six-fold homily wreath wound around the Sundays of the church year. 2nd edition Theissing, Cologne 1909.
  • The Jerusalem pilgrim. Theissing, Cologne 1910.
  • The German Kirchweih pilgrimage to St. Berge Sion in Jerusalem in April 1910. Official report of the pilgrims' committee of the German Association. Theissing, Cologne 1911.
  • The last hermit of Palestine: the adventurous fate of a French clergyman. by L. Heidet, translated by Maurus Gisler, with a preface by Franz Düsterwald. Bachem, Cologne 1913.
  • The school of suffering: a consolation u. Prayer book for all those in mourning, especially for those afflicted by war suffering. Cooling, Mönchengladbach o. J.

literature

  • Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne. 14th edition. JP Bachem Publishing House, Cologne 1878, p. 175.
  • Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne. 21st edition. JP Bachem publishing house, Cologne 1911, pp. 5, 9, 10, 11.
  • Norbert Trippen (Ed.): The Cologne seminary in the 19th and 20th centuries. Festschrift for the celebration of the 250th anniversary on June 29, 1988 (= Studies on Cologne Church History. Published by the Historical Archive of the Archdiocese of Cologne, 23rd volume). Verlag Franz Schmitt, Siegburg 1988, ISBN 3-87710-134-8 , pp. 124, 130f.
  • Wilfried Evertz (Ed.): In the field of tension between state and church: 100 years of priestly training in the Collegium Albertinum (= studies on Cologne church history. Published by the historical archive of the Archdiocese of Cologne, volume 26). Schmitt, Siegburg 1992, ISBN 3-87710-155-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Norbert Trippen (Ed.): The Cologne seminary in the 19th and 20th centuries. Festschrift for the celebration of the 250th anniversary on June 29, 1988 (= Studies on Cologne Church History. Published by the Historical Archive of the Archdiocese of Cologne, 23rd volume). Verlag Franz Schmitt, Siegburg 1988, ISBN 3-87710-134-8 , p. 124. See also Wilfried Evertz (Ed.): In the field of tension between state and church: 100 years of priest training in the Collegium Albertinum (= studies on Cologne church history. Published by the Historical Archive of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Volume 26). Schmitt, Siegburg 1992, ISBN 3-87710-155-0 , pp. 115-117.
  2. ↑ Wilfried Evertz (Ed.): In the field of tension between state and church: 100 years of priest training in the Collegium Albertinum (= studies on Cologne church history. Published by the historical archive of the Archdiocese of Cologne, 26th volume). Schmitt, Siegburg 1992, ISBN 3-87710-155-0 , p. 126f.
personal data
SURNAME Mirkwood, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mirkwood, Franz Heinrich Hubert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic clergyman and book author
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Vilich
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1920
Place of death Cologne