Franz Pfanner

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Franz Pfanner

Franz Pfanner (born September 21, 1825 in Langen near Bregenz ; † May 24, 1909 in Emaus, South Africa ) was a Trappist , priest , abbot and missionary .

Life

Wendelin Pfanner was ordained a priest in 1850 after completing his theology studies. First he worked as a pastor from 1850 to 1858 in Haselstauden . In 1863 he entered the Mariawald Abbey . A year later he made his profession there, took the religious name Franz and was appointed subprior a few weeks later . In 1865 he took over the office of novice master .

On July 23, 1867, Pfanner was sent to found a new monastery in Austria. This attempt at founding failed, however. Pfanner then wanted to try to establish a new company in today's Croatia, but was prevented from doing so by a letter from the abbot of Oelenberg Abbey , the mother monastery of Mariawald Abbey. Pfanner then went to Rome. There he was commissioned by Pope Pius IX. The Abbey Tre Fontane rebuild. After Pfanner had fulfilled this mandate, he went to what is now Bosnia to try to found a new monastery there. In the spring of 1869 he began to found the Mariastern Monastery near Banja Luka . In 1872 he became its prior . In 1879 Pfanner - called by Bishop James Ricards - left for Natal in what is now South Africa to try to found a new monastery there. In 1880 Pfanner arrived there with 31 other confreres and first founded the Dunbrody branch, which failed because of the poor climatic conditions and a falling out with Bishop Ricards. The Trappists then moved on in 1882 and founded the Mariannhill Monastery , whose first abbot he became in 1885 (successor: Amandus Schölzig ). In addition, Pfanner founded the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood in the same year .

Mariannhill Monastery developed into a mission station. Since missionary activity was not compatible with the tranquil Trappist life, the Mariannhill Monastery was separated from the Trappist Order by Pope Pius X in 1909 and made the motherhouse of the Mariannhill missionaries . Pfanner gave up the post of abbot after a year-long suspension due to a visit to Mariannhill in 1892 and lived as a hermit at the Emaus mission station until his death on May 24, 1909 .

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  1. ↑ Kath. Pfarramt Maria Heimslassung (Ed.), Parish and Pilgrimage Church: To our Dear Lady Maria Heimsuchung Dornbirn-Haselstauden , Dornbirn 2008, p. 5.
personal data
SURNAME Pfanner, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pfanner, Wendelin (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Founder of the Mariannhiller Missionaries
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Langen near Bregenz
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1909
Place of death Emaus, South Africa