Franz Lackner

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Archbishop Franz Lackner
Archbishop Lackner (right) next to Cardinal Marx at the conclusion of the Salzburg University Weeks 2016
Franz Lackner at the Graz Marathon with students from the Academic Gymnasium Graz and the former director Josef Wilhelm , October 10, 2010
Coat of arms as auxiliary bishop of Graz-Seckau
Coat of arms as Archbishop of Salzburg (still without pallium) (replica)

Franz Lackner OFM (born July 14, 1956 in Feldbach , Styria , as Anton Lackner ) has been Archbishop of Salzburg since 2013 . Since 2015 he has been deputy chairman of the Austrian Bishops' Conference . On June 16, 2020, he was elected as the successor to Cardinal Christoph Schönborn OP chairman of the Austrian Bishops' Conference.

Life

Franz Lackner grew up in St. Anna am Aigen and completed an electrician apprenticeship in Bad Radkersburg . In 1978/79 he was stationed twice as a UN soldier in Cyprus for half a year . From 1979 to 1984 Lackner attended the humanistic advanced high school in Horn .

On September 16, 1984 he became a novice in the Franciscan order in the Franciscan monastery in Reutte . The temporal vows followed on September 16, 1985, the eternal on September 2, 1989. On June 23, 1991 received Lackner by Bishop Johann Weber in Graz Cathedral , the ordination . After obtaining his master's degree in theology , Lackner completed his studies in philosophy at the Pontifical Antonianum University of the Franciscan Order in Rome with a dissertation on the subject of unity and multiplicity under Duns Scotus , which he graduated with summa cum laude . Then he was professor of metaphysics at the Antonianum.

On April 7, 1999 he was elected Provincial of the Austrian Franciscan Province . In addition, in the same year he became professor of philosophy at the Philosophical-Theological College in Heiligenkreuz , which has been the Philosophical-Theological College Benedict XVI since January 2007 . is called.

On October 23, 2002, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Graz-Seckau and titular bishop of Balecium . The bishop of Graz-Seckau, Egon Kapellari , donated him the episcopal ordination on December 8, 2002 in Graz Cathedral . Co - consecrators were the former bishop of Graz-Seckau, Johann Weber , and the archbishop of Salzburg , Alois Kothgasser SDB . He adopted the motto Illum oportet crescere (dt. That one is due to grow ; Joh 3.30  EU ) (see episcopal coat of arms as Styrian auxiliary bishop on the left, also in the archbishop's coat of arms on the right).

On September 8, 2003 he was appointed Episcopal Vicar for the areas of permanent deacons , youth work and spiritual vocations. From November 4, 2003 to June 2009, Lackner was departmental bishop for pastoral care for children and young people at the Austrian Bishops' Conference , and until March 2015 he was also responsible for sport .

The Salzburg Cathedral Chapter selected him from a three-way proposal by Pope Francis to succeed Alois Kothgasser as Salzburg Archbishop, which was confirmed by the Austrian Federal Government on November 13, 2013 in accordance with the Concordat . Pope Francis officially appointed him the new Archbishop of Salzburg on November 18, 2013. On January 7, 2014 Lackner seized the Archdiocese of Salzburg canonically, the official handover took place on January 12, 2014, the feast of the baptism of the Lord, in the Salzburg Cathedral . As the 91st Bishop of Salzburg, he is the 90th successor of St. Rupert and the 79th Archbishop of Salzburg.

Lackner is the Metropolitan of the Church Province of Salzburg . He is entitled to both the honorary title “ Legatus natus ” (permanent ambassador of the Holy See ) and that of “ Primate Germaniae ” (without precedence of jurisdiction, but with liturgical precedent ). He is therefore entitled to wear the legacy purple everywhere. That is why in the coat of arms Galero and the 20 tassels are not colored green, as is usual for archbishops, but red.

Archbishop Lackner received the pallium , the insignia of a metropolitan , from Pope Francis on June 29, 2014, the solemnity of the Apostles Peter and Paul .

After the resignation of the Styrian diocesan bishop Egon Kapellari, accepted by the Holy See on January 28, 2015 , Archbishop Lackner has been Deputy Chairman of the Austrian Bishops' Conference since the beginning of March 2015. In the Bishops' Conference, Franz Lackner has been responsible for the area of ​​"marriage and family" and the topic of "life protection" since November 2018.

The Archbishop of Salzburg is a keen athlete. In his spare time, Lackner enjoyed running marathons (for example the Graz Marathon ) and played soccer himself . He is a fan of SK Sturm Graz .

In 2016 he was appointed by Cardinal Grand Master Edwin Frederick Cardinal O'Brien as Grand Officer of the Papal Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and on July 27, 2016 in the pilgrimage basilica Maria Plain by Bishop Alois Kothgasser , Grand Prior of the Papal Laity Order and Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, invested in the Austrian Lieutenancy. He belongs to the Salzburg Commandery.

On June 16, 2020, Lackner was elected chairman of the Austrian Bishops' Conference in Mariazell . He succeeds Cardinal Christoph Schönborn.

Act

In connection with the Alois Schwarz case , the Archdiocese of Salzburg announced on December 20, 2018 that Archbishop Lackner had been appointed Apostolic Visitator for the Diocese of Gurk by Pope Francis . Lackner said he would start this service in mid-January 2019. In connection with the allegations published in February 2015 against the Salzburg auxiliary bishop Andreas Laun that he had " compared the crimes of the Nazis with homosexuality " in a lecture in November 2014 , Archbishop Lackner responded in a broadcast without mentioning Laun: "Weltanschauungsfragen und Sexual orientations must in no way be associated with inhuman and totalitarian systems (e.g. National Socialism). The church is committed to human rights and has respect and respect for the dignity of every single person. ”Laun himself rejected the allegations because he had“ compared no one with the Nazis ”.

honors and awards

literature

  • Franz Lackner , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 15/2014 from April 8, 2014, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
  • Franz Lackner and Clemens Sedmak: Hard to believe. Approaches to basic words of Christian life. 2nd Edition. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2018, ISBN 978-3-7022-3678-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Page of the homepage of the Academic Gymnasium Graz
  2. ↑ Lackner, Franz on orden-online.de . Accessed November 12, 2013.
  3. ↑ Mag. Dr. Franz LACKNER OFM , portrait on the website of the Austrian Bishops' Conference, accessed on April 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b Bishops' Conference pays tribute to Kapellari's "much-noticed voice" , website of the Graz-Seckau diocese, accessed on March 6, 2015.
  5. ^ Lackner new chairman of the Bishops' Conference . In: religion.orf.at, June 16, 2020, accessed on June 16, 2020.
  6. ^ A b Franz Lackner is the new Archbishop of Salzburg , Vatican Radio , November 18, 2013.
  7. ^ Salzburg: Pope appoints Franz Lackner archbishop , religion.orf.at, accessed on November 18, 2013.
  8. ^ Message from the Archdiocese of Salzburg ( Memento from December 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ Page of the homepage of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau , accessed on November 18, 2013.
  10. ↑ youtube.com: "Holy Mass with the imposition of the pallium" Official YouTube account of the Vatican: "Holy Mass with the laying on of the pallium"
  11. ↑ vatican.va: Missal for the solemn Eucharist on the Solemnity of Peter and Paul with the laying on of the pallium chaired by Pope Francis (PDF) published on June 29, 2014 in Vatican City (see p. 3, no. 10)
  12. ↑ Rinunce e nomine, January 28, 2015, press.vatican.va, accessed on January 28, 2015.
  13. ↑ bischofskonferenz.at: Press releases on the autumn plenary assembly of the Austrian Bishops' Conference, November 5 to 8, 2018 in Michaelbeuern Abbey , accessed on November 9, 2018.
  14. ^ Salzburg.com: "Archbishop Lackner cheered with Sturm Graz" (Art. By Othmar Behr, April 14, 2014, 11:47 am) - (accessed on April 23, 2014, 9:16 am).
  15. ^ Archbishop Lackner accepted into the order of knights , oessh.at, accessed on December 5, 2017.
  16. ↑ Archbishop Lackner appointed visitor for Gurk. In: religion.orf.at. December 20, 2018, accessed December 20, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Nazi comparison: Laun comments on allegations , religion.orf.at, accessed on February 1, 2015.
  18. ↑ Decoration of Honor of the State of Tyrol 2016 . Article dated February 20, 2016, accessed March 9, 2020.
predecessor Office successor
Alois Kothgasser SDS Archbishop of Salzburg
since 2014 		---
Christoph Schönborn Chairman of the Austrian Bishops' Conference
since 2020 		---
personal data
SURNAME Lackner, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lackner, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian religious, Roman Catholic archbishop
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Feldbach , Styria