Friedrich Maria Rintelen
Friedrich Maria Rintelen (born December 12, 1899 in Ahlen / Westphalia, † November 9, 1988 in Paderborn ) was a Roman Catholic theologian and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Paderborn .
Life
Rintelen passed his Abitur in 1919 at the Hammonense grammar school in Hamm / Westf. and was on January 13, 1924 in Paderborn for priests ordained . He was then vicar in Egeln for three years , received his doctorate in theology in 1934, was appointed pastor at the Marktkirche in Paderborn in 1939 and in 1941 was appointed vicar general by Lorenz Jaeger . On December 12, 1951, he was by Pope Pius XII. appointed auxiliary bishop based in Magdeburg and titular bishop of Chusira . The Archbishop of Paderborn and later Cardinal Lorenz Jaeger donated him the episcopal ordination on January 24, 1952 in Magdeburg. Co- consecrators were the Paderborn auxiliary bishop Augustinus Philipp Baumann and his predecessor in office, Bishop Wilhelm Weskamm of Berlin .
The area of today's diocese of Magdeburg in the GDR became his main sphere of activity . Rintelen retired on August 15, 1970. His successor as archbishop commissioner in Magdeburg was Johannes Braun , who was consecrated by him . Rintelen died in 1988 at the age of 88 and was buried in the chapter cemetery in Paderborn.
As in 1965 in Magdeburg the Episcopal youth ministry of the Evangelical Initiative joined opposing the military service, alternative military service of construction soldiers promoted as the "clearer evidence of the current peace offer our Lord," denounced Bishop Rintelen this as "deplorable, incredible, incredible fact." Regarding the total refusal of military service, he said: "Where are we going if everyone today wanted to appeal to their conscience ?"
literature
- Memories without a diary - memoirs of Friedrich Maria Rintelen, 1982 Bonifatius GmbH Druck-Buch-Verlag Paderborn, ISBN 3-87088-786-9
- Announcements from the Association of Friends of Hammonense Gymnasium zu Hamm, issue 48, December 1988, p. 65
- Jörg Ernesti: Friedrich Maria Rintelen. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 25, Bautz, Nordhausen 2005, ISBN 3-88309-332-7 , Sp. 1174–1176.
- Bernd Schäfer: Rintelen, Friedrich Maria . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Maria Rintelen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Friedrich Maria Rintelen on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Matthias Holluba: Left in the lurch. In: Day of the Lord number 15, April 14, 2019, p. 14.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rintelen, Friedrich Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman, auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Paderborn in Magdeburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Awls |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1988 |
| Place of death | Paderborn |