Franz Löbmann

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Bishop Franz Löbmann

Franz Löbmann (born January 14, 1856 in Schirgiswalde , † December 4, 1920 in Bautzen ) was titular bishop of Priene as well as apostolic vicar and prefect head of the two Catholic jurisdictions in Saxony and dean of the Bautzen collegiate monastery .

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Franz Löbmann was the son of the carpenter Joseph Löbmann and his wife Emilie geb. Döring in the Lusatian born town of Schirgiswalde. He entered the Wendish seminary in Prague . Löbmann completed his humanistic training at the Lesser Town Gymnasium, where he graduated from high school in 1876. He then did his military service as a one-year volunteer in Bautzen from 1876-77 and finally studied theology at the German University in Prague , and from 1880 philosophy in Leipzig .

On October 15, 1881, Franz Löbmann was ordained a priest in Bautzen, then worked as a chaplain in Leutersdorf and Schirgiswalde, and from 1887 as director of the Bautzen Cathedral School. In 1891 the Bautzener Stiftskapitel appointed him director of the teachers' seminar, which he led for 23 years. In 1899 Löbmann became a non-resident, in 1905 resident canon in Bautzen. After the death of Bishop Schaefer , the Bautzner Chapter elected him dean on November 5, 1914, with which he also assumed the office of Apostolic Prefect of Upper Lusatia . The papal confirmation as well as the appointment as titular bishop of Priene and apostolic vicar in the Saxon hereditary lands took place on January 30, 1915, the episcopal ordination donated to him by Prince-Bishop Adolf Bertram on March 25, 1915 in Breslau .

As dean of the Bautzen Abbey , Franz Löbmann was a member of the First Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament from 1915 until the abolition of the monarchy in November 1918 . Löbmann was the last Apostolic Vicar in Saxony and the last Prefect of Lusatia. His term of office was overshadowed by the First World War . Nevertheless, he managed to expand the network of mission stations to a modest extent and even build four new churches and chapels. In 1917 he undertook a trip to the front to inspect the Catholic field pastoral care in the Saxon army. As a bishop, he also published on educational topics.

Since the state church sovereignty expired with the Weimar constitution , Löbmann immediately took the initiative to re-establish the diocese of Meißen for Saxony and the Thuringian areas belonging to the Apostolic Vicariate (former principalities of Saxony-Altenburg, Reuss older and younger line). The prelate suggested re-establishing the former diocese of Meißen with its seat in Bautzen and elevating the collegiate church of St. Petri to a cathedral and constituting the monastery chapter as a cathedral chapter. This agreed to provide a considerable part of the episcopal endowment and rooms for the diocese administration. Löbmann did not live to see his plan come true. He died on December 4, 1920 in Bautzen and was buried in the Nikolaifriedhof there.

After Löbmann's death Jakub Skala managed his offices as administrator. The reestablishment of the diocese of Meissen took place on May 26, 1921; it was largely thanks to Franz Löbmann. Christian Schreiber became the first bishop of Meissen .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of the Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952. Dresden 2001, p. 46
predecessor Office successor
Aloys Schäfer Apostolic Vicar in the Saxon Hereditary Lands
1915–1920 		Jakub scale
Aloys Schäfer Apostolic Prefect of Upper Lusatia
(for Meissen's former diocesan area there)
1915–1920 		Jakub scale
personal data
SURNAME Löbmann, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Administrator of the Catholic jurisdictions in Saxony, titular bishop, apostolic vicar
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Schirgiswalde
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1920
Place of death Bautzen