Franz Konstantin Rampa
Franz Konstantin Rampa (born September 13, 1837 in Poschiavo , † September 17, 1888 in Chur ) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Chur .
Life
The son of the farmer Anton Rampa and Maria Domenica Lacqua attended the canton school in Chur in 1854 and the collegiate school (grammar school) in Einsiedeln in 1855. After graduating from high school, he studied theology in Munich in 1856/57 and at the Roman University of La Sapienza in 1857/58 and then at the Milan seminary . There he was ordained a priest on May 25, 1861 and was incardinated in the clergy of the Como diocese . First vicar in his birthplace Poschiavo, he became a teacher in Chur and Zug in 1862. After he was transferred to the clergy of Chur in 1863, he became pastor in Glarus in 1866 . In 1868 he received a professorship for canon law and exegesis at the St. Luzi seminary in Chur. From 1871 to 1874 he was Grisons Grand Councilor for the Poschiavo district . Bishop Nikolaus Franz Florentini appointed him a non-resident canon in 1875, in 1877 he became a clergyman and in January 1879 episcopal chancellor and official under Bishop Kaspar Willi .
On May 28, 1879, the Chur cathedral chapter elected Franz Konstantin Rampa as the new bishop of Chur for Kaspar Willi, who died on the 17th of the previous month. Pope Leo XIII. confirmed this choice on September 22, 1879. He was ordained bishop on November 9, 1879 in the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Chur by the Bishop of St. Gallen , Karl Johann Greith ; Co- consecrators were Eugène Lachat , the bishop of Basel , and Johann Nepomuk Amberg , auxiliary bishop in Brixen for Feldkirch .
Rampa was a pastoral bishop, his pastoral letters had a "refreshing" effect, and his philanthropic demeanor quickly won "the hearts of the diocesans". He set new accents in the priesthood, he extended the theology studies at his seminary from three to four years; sent his alumni ( candidates for priesthood ) to study at the Archbishop's seminary in Milan, where he had studied himself, and provided the necessary vacancies there. He founded parishes and had new churches built; he managed to bring back the Catholic parish in Zurich, which turned to the Christian Catholics after the First Vatican Council . It became the largest Roman Catholic parish in the Diocese of Chur. He played a major role in the rise of the Disentis Monastery . After a fire in 1846, monastery life in the Benedictine abbey largely came to a standstill. A renovation or restoration of the cathedral could no longer be carried out because he became seriously ill in 1886 ( meningitis ), he could only commission the construction of a new main organ.
He died at the age of 51 and was buried in the cemetery next to the Cathedral of the Assumption.
literature
- Erwin Gatz (ed.): The bishops of the German-speaking countries 1785/1803 to 1945. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-428-05447-4 , p. 591 f.
- Gregor Jäggi: Franz Konstantin Rampa. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 16, 2011 .
Web links
- Entry on Franz Konstantin Rampa on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on November 15, 2016.
- The portraits of the Chur (prince) bishops in the knight's hall of the Episcopal Palace in Chur - Franz Konstantin Rampa 1879–1888 ( Memento from November 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volume 8, p. 234
- ^ Johann Georg Mayer: History of the Diocese of Chur. Volume II. P. 679.
- ^ Albert Fischer: Franz Konstantin Rampa 1879–1888.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Kaspar Willi |
Bishop of Chur 1879–1888 |
Johannes Fidelis Battaglia |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rampa, Franz Konstantin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Chur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poschiavo |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 17, 1888 |
| Place of death | Chur |