Franz Schrader (priest)

Franz Schrader (born December 13, 1919 in Holzhausen , Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont ; † October 23, 2007 ) was a Roman Catholic priest , church historian and head of the diocese archive in Magdeburg.

Life

Franz Schrader graduated from high school in Brilon in 1938 and then studied philosophy and Catholic theology in Paderborn and Münster . He became a medical soldier in World War II.

In 1947 Franz Schrader was ordained a priest in Paderborn (?) And then vicar in Quedlinburg , in the eastern part of the Archdiocese of Paderborn. Further stations were Magdeburg-Sudenburg , Egeln and Osterhausen before he became parish vicar in Sittichenbach in 1959 . In 1964 he obtained his doctorate theologiae . In the 1970s he was a Catholic pastor in Hadmersleben and also worked at the ecclesiastical court.

In 1978 Franz Schrader became head of the archives of the Episcopal Office in Magdeburg and head of the church history research center. In 1982 he was also appointed ecumenical officer of the episcopal office. In 1983, Bishop Braun appointed him Chancellor of the Curia.

In 1985 Schrader gave up the management of the archive and moved to Paderborn in 1993.

Create

Franz Schrader published numerous books and articles on ecclesiastical history and other ecclesiastical topics. The focus of his meritorious research was the church history of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg and the Diocese of Halberstadt.

as editor of contributions to the history of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg (= Studies on the Catholic Diocese and Monastery History , Vol. 11). St. Benno Leipzig 1969

as editor The visitations of the Catholic monasteries in the Archdiocese of Magdeburg by the Protestant rulers. (= Reformation history studies and texts. Issue 99). Aschendorff, Münster 1969. Digitized

Wrestling, downfall and survival of the Catholic monasteries in the Hochstifte Magdeburg and Halberstadt from the Reformation to the Peace of Westphalia. (Catholic life and church reform in the age of religious schism 37). Munster 1977

Web links

We are losing a highly committed witness, Old Bishop Leo Nowak, obituary 2007

He wrote church history on Lord's Day August 10, 1997

Literature by Franz Schrader at WorldCat

Literature by Franz Schrader in the OPAC of the Regesta Imperii

Individual evidence

↑ Schrader, Franz. In: Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (ed.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR 1945–1990. Volume 2. Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11130-4 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schrader, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman Catholic priest and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH	December 13, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Holzhausen , Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont
DATE OF DEATH	October 23, 2007

[1] Schrader, Franz. In: Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (ed.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR 1945–1990. Volume 2. Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11130-4 .