Friedrich Felix Mencke
Friedrich Felix Mencke (born April 15, 1811 in Coesfeld , † April 24, 1874 in Münster ) was a Catholic priest , canon in Münster and the first field provost of the Prussian armed forces.
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Friedrich Felix Mencke was born in Coesfeld, in the Münsterland . There he also attended grammar school and graduated from high school in 1832. Mencke studied in Münster and was ordained a priest on February 18, 1837. In the same year he became a cooperator in Greven , later he did his doctorate at the Academy in Münster in Old Testament theology and oriental languages. Finally, he officiated as the state appointed, ecclesiastical government and school council in Münster.
After the Prussian military chaplaincy had been reorganized in 1848 and the Prince-Bishop of Breslau, Cardinal Melchior von Diepenbrock, also exercised the office of the first Prussian military bishop, the latter transferred his official duties in this regard to Friedrich Felix Mencke on May 12, 1852. Mencke received the title of field provost in the Prussian army, but was not a bishop and was spiritually under the direct authority of Cardinal Diepenbrock. When he died in 1853, Friedrich Felix Mencke had to get express permission in Rome to continue his office as field provost. 1859, the priest became a canon in Munster, where he was on 9 May of the year as provost installed. In this position he died in Münster in 1874 and was buried in the Überwasserfriedhof . He was the holder of the Red Eagle Order, 3rd class.
Mencke's successor as the Prussian field provost came in 1859 to Leopold Pelldram , initially also without episcopal authority. However, he became Bishop of Trier in 1865 and continued to exercise the office of field provost - now with episcopal ordination - until his death in 1867. From 1868 the Prussian field provost was elevated to the rank of a separate personal diocese and from then on the field provosts were automatically consecrated as bishops.
literature
- Robert Gernsheim: "The regulation of the Catholic military pastoral care in Prussia" , in "Archive for Catholic Church Law" , Volume 20, Verlag Kirchheim, Mainz, 1868 complete scan of the contribution
- Johannes Güsgen: “The Catholic military pastoral care in Germany between 1920 and 1945” , page 24, 1989, ISBN 3-412-09588-5 ; Excerpt from text about Mencke's appointment as field provost
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Regional Association Westphalia-Lippe: former overwater cemetery Münster in LWL GeodatenKultur
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| none (the office was created in 1852) |
Prussian field provost 1852-1859 |
Leopold Pelldram |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mencke, Friedrich Felix |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Menke, Friedrich Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canon in Münster, Prussian field provost |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coesfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1874 |
| Place of death | Muenster |